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Collection ART 0016 Friends of Ball's Bluff Awards 2011, 2017, 2019 Collection ART 0016 Friends of Ball’s Bluff Awards 2011, 2017, 2019 Table of Contents User Information Historical Sketch Scope and Content Note Container List Processed by Shane Keenan 21 March 2019 Addition by Laura Christiansen 8 July 2019 Thomas Balch Library 208 W. Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176 USER INFORMATION VOLUME OF COLLECTION: Less than 0.33 cubic feet COLLECTION DATES: 2011, 2017, 2019 PROVENANCE: Friends of Ball’s Bluff, Ashburn, VA. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection open for research USE RESTRICTIONS: No physical characteristics affect use of this material. REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from Thomas Balch Library. CITE AS: Friends of Ball’s Bluff Awards (ART 0016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. ALTERNATE FORMATS: None OTHER FINDING AIDS: PastPerfect TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: None RELATED HOLDINGS: Hon. Edward D. Baker, U.S. Senator From Oregon: Colonel E.D. Baker's Defense in the Battle of ... Ball's Bluff, Fought October 21st 1861, in Virginia. V REF 973.73 BAL; Edward Dickinson Baker, Western Gentleman, Frontier Lawyer, American Statesman, V REF 921 BAKER EDWARD DICKINSON; The Life of Colonel Edward D. Baker, Lincoln's Constant Ally, Together With Four of His Great Orations, V REF 921 BAKER EDWARD DICKINSON; A Little Short of Boats The Battles of Ball's Bluff & Edwards Ferry, October 21-22, 1861, V REF 973.731 MOR. ACCESSION NUMBERS: 2019.0020 NOTES: Items 2-4 are located in flat file cabinets. Described items in this collection may be released at the discretion of the Library Director to representatives of the Friends of Balls Bluff, designated in writing via email or letter by a current officer of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Ball’s Bluff for display during events. 2 HISTORICAL SKETCH The Friends of the Ball’s Bluff (FoBB) is a non-profit group of volunteers, affiliated with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks), whose purpose is stewardship and interpretation of Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park. FoBB’s goals are to complement, contribute to, support, encourage use of, and promote historical interpretation and environmental conservation of the battlefield park. In 2000, NOVA Parks issued a call for volunteer battlefield guides. In March of that year, James Morgan, Richard Gillespie, and Bill Wilkin among others, met in Red Rock Park, Leesburg and formed FoBB. James Morgan conducted the first official guided tour in May 2000, and regular guided tours began to be offered shortly thereafter. Membership grew and took on additional tasks at the park, including trash pickup, mulching, and maintenance of the trails in the core battlefield area. The Friends of Ball’s Bluff was officially organized in 2011, in conjunction with commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861. Membership is open to anyone 18 or over who has an interest in historic preservation and the goals of FoBB. SOURCES Anderson, Jim. 2019. “A Background Summary of the Friends of Balls Bluff.” Friends of Ball’s Bluff Awards (ART 0016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection consists of four awards recognizing Friends of Ball’s Bluff. This is an open collection and additional material may accrue over time. The first certificate is from the Oregon State Legislature on 5 April 2011 commemorating the Anniversary of the birth of Senator Edward Baker on February 24. Senator Baker died at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. The certificates are in a 17’ by 21.5’ frame. The second award is the “Heritage Hero Award” Mosby Heritage Area Association presented to the Friends in 2017. The award is a curved glass plaque on a 10.5’ by 12.5’ wooden base. The third award is the “Certificate of Congressional Recognition,” given to the Friends on 5 December 2017. The award is a certificate in a 12.25’ by 15.5’ frame. The certificate recognizes contributions to the history and beauty of the Mosby Heritage Area through historical interpretation and environmental conservation and is signed by Congresswoman Barbara Comstock. The fourth award was presented on 26 April 2019 to the Friends of Ball’s Bluff “for their partnership and dedication to educating the public about the Civil War in Loudoun County.” The award consists of a framed photograph of reenactors firing a cannon. 3 CONTAINER LIST ART 0016 Item #1 Oregon State Legislature Award, 5 April 2011. Item #2 Heritage Hero Award, 2017. Item #3 Certificate of Congressional Recognition, 5 December 2017. Item #4 NOVA Parks Award, 26 April 2019. 4 .
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