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06/11/2026
This week’s Throwback Thursday celebrates graduation season with a look back at commencement announcements from schools that helped shape the history of education in and around Leesburg.
Featured in this week's post are graduation announcements from Leesburg High School (1929), Lincoln High School (1922), Douglass High School (1968), and Manassas Industrial School (1945), which was attended by some Leesburg students.
Take a trip through local history and see how generations of students marked this important milestone.
In honor of Preservation Month, we sat down with Library Director Laura Christiansen to explore a few historic items related to the library's 100-plus-year history.
Thank you to Thomas Snyder from for completing conservation work on the original library desks earlier in 2026.
The Town of Leesburg Celebrates: Thomas Balch Library 100 Years 1922-2022. [Z733 .T462 T4 2022]
Thomas Balch Library. 1923. Addresses Delivered at the Presentation Exercises on the 13th of May, 1922 ; Letter in the New York Daily Tribune, 13th May, 1865 ; Charter ; List of Officers. Leesburg, Va.: Thomas Balch Library. [Z733.T46 A33 1923]
Thomas Balch Library History Files, Thomas Balch Library, RG 7. Town of Leesburg, Virginia Records , 1813- Present.
05/22/2026
Thomas Balch Library will be closed Saturday, May 23 through Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day weekend. The library will reopen on Tuesday, May 26 at 10:00 a.m.
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Address
208 W Market Street
Leesburg, VA
20176
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 2pm - 8pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 8pm |
| Friday | 10am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 11am - 4pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 5pm |
