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Isaiah Allen’s Life After Escaping Slavery, by Paul McCray. Pg 10-17. This is a remarkable story of a brave man who escaped enslavement by swimming across a cold river on a late winter night, served an army officer and regiment during fierce battles, and joined the army to fight for the freedom of other enslaved. Late in life, he returned to live with the woman who had enslaved him and found work a life in Leesburg. And during the last twenty years of his life, he was likely the only pre-war resident of the town who served in the Union Army.
1926 Dispute to Replace Lincoln High School, By Larry Roeder. Pg 18-34. When Lincoln High School burned in 1926, it set ablaze a major political and cultural dispute between the citizens of the village of Lincoln, Purcellville and nearby communities. Prejudices against quakers and socialists were exposed. The incident also took place in the midst of a major upheaval in how the public school system of Virginia was being reorganized. Yet despite the strong feelings, the parties made peace.
Flatwoods: A Black-Belt Story by Mary A.E. Peniston. Pg 35-43. The Bulletin has reprinted this article from 1914 to honor Loudoun County’s first Black Supervisor of teachers, hired in 1920. The article brings to the fore how the educator thought. Added to the reprint is biographical information on the educator, as well as some cultural interpretations about dress codes of the time.
Preliminary Research of the Digges’ Valley Farm Ruins by Kathleen Adams
Pg 44-50. This article is the result of information originally gathered as a project for the Historical Archaeology and Digital History courses at Northern Virginia Community College’s (NVCC) Historic Preservation and Public History Certificate Program. The information has been reformatted and updated for the purposes of this article.
Lost Papers Project: The Brown Hymnal, by Christine Allen. Pg 51.73
51-73. The Bulletin has decided to create a new section for our annual issues called “Lost Papers,” meaning to us documents and artifacts which had been lost and nearly destroyed. Each issue will explore at least one such paper or group that has been brought to our attention. This issue focuses on a handwritten private hymnal from the Depression.