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Boy Scouts, Pack 961, at Snickersville Academy

Cub Gift Scout Pack 961 Tackles Stream Renewal at Snickersville Academy

Boys in Cub Scout Pack 961 gentle the slope of the bank and plant willow twigs on May 6, 2012 in efforts to stabilize the choked-up stream running by the Snickersville Academy, ...more....

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Roberta Underwood TodayRoberta Underwood: A Gift for Storytelling

Born in 1925, raised in Airmont, schooled in Bluemont, and now a resident of Berryville-- Roberta Underwood has a gift for storytelling. In her December 1, 2011 interview, she talked about her early life on her parent's farm, artistic and literary neighbors, a life as a teenager in the war years, and the independent-minded community which started the Bluemont Fair.

"Part I: Beginnnings," covers an childhood in the tiny village of Airmont and school days at the Bluemont School. ....more...
"Part II: The War Years," covers how World War II affected the lives of people in Western Loudoun and tells how the annual Bluemont Fair began. .... more...

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Coming Community Events --

Loudoun's 3rd Annual Bluegrass Festival
Saturday May 12, 10-8, 4-H Fairgrounds, Leesburg ...more...

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Baptist Youth Volunteers Feb 2012Young Church Volunteeers Discover Snickersville Academy

On February 25, 2012, six young volunteers from the Purcellville Baptist Church made Bluemont's Snickersville Academy part of their DNOW (Disciple Now) Youth Ministry Retreat.

The Snickersville Academy, built in 1825 as a schoolhouse and house of worship, was the first public building in Bluemont's beginnings. ..more....
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Megan Sullivan competes in Igls Austria

"Bluemont Co-ed Takes Spot Among Top U.S. Skeleton Slider Juniors

In 2010 track athlete Meghan Sullivan of Loudoun Valley High School sat down and googled  “how to go to the Olympics.”

At that point neither Meghan, her family, nor anyone around her had any idea that the Loudoun Valley High teen would find herself today as an Olympic hopeful in the U.S.  Skeleton Sliding team. ...more...

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"Precious, Precious Memories": Marie Scott Recalls Her Life and Times

Marie Scott with Sister Mary and neighborhood childrenBorn in 1938, Marie Scott comes out of the old Black community of Bluemont. In this interview Marie recalls her family, her childhood, and her working life, during which, for 33 years, she was a well-known presence in the Leesburg office of beloved veterinarian Dr. Kent C. Roberts, and after him, Dr. Chamberlin and Dr. Washington. ...more...

Left: Mary Scott and neighnborhood children play at the Scott's Clayton Hall Road childhood home.

See letter on Marie Scott in Feb 4, 2012 Blue Ridge Leader.

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The Several Stories of Carrington House

Carrington HouseI never found Carrington House, Carrington House found me.

When I first saw pictures of the house in the summer of 2003—sent to me in the mail by a realtor in Middleburg when I was living in Washington, D.C.—I’d never bought a house before, I’d never heard of Bluemont, and I’d never driven on a highway in America.

Shortly after I called her to say I wanted to see the house, I found the directions to Bluemont off the internet, I hired a car from M Street Avis, and set off with friends to claim what I sensed I knew was already mine. ...more...

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1977 Directory: The United Methodist Church: Hillsboro, Bluemont, Roszell Chapel: Loudoun County, Virginia

1977 UMC DirectoryOnly a few of the 32-page 1977 United Methodist church directories -- which include Hillsboro, Bluemont and Roszell Chapel under one cover -- still survive. Judy Anderson of Bluemont lent her copy to BluemontVA.org so that it could be scanned in and shared over the internet with friends near and far. The Directory supplies greeting from the pastor, Dr. Garland Wayne Jordan, a brief history of each of the three churches, photos of choir and musicians, portraits of the families of the church, and a membership list of each church. ...Bluemont pages... ...Hillsboro pages... ...Roszell Chapel pages...

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Stories about Bluemont's Snickersville Academy...
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Best Book about Bluemont

From Snickersville to Bluemont: The Biography and History of a Village by Jean Herron Smith, Evelyn Porterfield Johnson, and Robert Hoffman.

Snickersville to Bluemont
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Bluemont Note Cards

Featuring 3 scenes of Bears Den based on antique postcards.

Bears Den Cards

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If YOUR House Could Talk

Does your house have a story to tell?

In 2009, Friends of Bluemont launched a new project—“If This House Could Talk” —to spotlight homes or other buildings of the Bluemont area – houses up on the mountain, down in the village, and nearby.  We will be taking photos, collecting stories, and scanning historic photographs and documents.

Most of Bluemont is outside of the village itself.  We'd love to hear from anyone in the 20135 zip code, or just beyond the official boundary, with something interesting to tell.