Upcoming Event:
Saturday, September 20, 2008: 5:30- 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Balch Library Brings History Alive
Spend Time with James Monroe
Join us for an entertaining evening at beautiful Oak Hill, a privately owned home near Leesburg. Mrs. & Mrs. Tom DeLashmutt have very graciously offered to open their home and gardens to us. The event will take place from 5:30- 8:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20.
Oak Hill was built by the fifth President of the Unites States, James Monroe, in 1820. The design of the manor house was made in collaboration with his colleague Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Latrobe, a renowned planner of the day. James Hoban was the principal builder. The formal terraced gardens were constructed in the 1820’s and have been featured in Architectural Digest and Southern Accents. Oak Hill in on the Virginia Landmarks Register and is a National Historic Landmark. It is the only privately owned colonial president’s house.
Daniel F. Preston, PhD, Editor of the Papers of James Monroe, and a professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, will speak about President Monroe. Dr. Preston has published the first of two volumes of a planned eight-volume series about our fifth President.
Tickets are limited, so please mark your calendars and make your reservations early.
Tickets are $125.00
Email: info@balchfriends.org
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Thomas Balch Library is considered one of the foremost repositories of the history and genealogy of Loudoun County and surrounding counties in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Friends offer several ways in which individuals, families and organizations may permanently honor, at Thomas Balch Library, those who were born and died here, those who passed through and stopped for a times, and all who contribute to our history and to our culture.
Within the B. Powell and Agnes Harrison Memorial Garden, located on the west side of the library, inscribed bricks are being placed near the fountain. These bricks honor individuals, families and organizations and can be purchased for $100.
Donations to the collections of the Thomas Balch Library are always welcome, within the parameters of the library's acquisition policies. If the contribution is made through the Friends, we will provide bookplates inscribed "in memory of" or "in honor of" and the donor's name.
For further information and/or an order form, please contact The Friends of Thomas Balch Library at (703) 737-2166.
Chairperson:
Peggy Roberts
Learn more about Thomas Balch Library. Visit the Balch Library Website
