Leesburg is name for Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He also owned a tobacco plantation and enslaved the people who worked on it. Like some other, better-known founding fathers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee

Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia.[1] As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of Virginia. In addition to his career in politics, Lee owned a tobacco plantation as well as many slaves.[2] He was a member of the Lee family, a prominent Virginian dynasty.

Anonymous wrote:I'm considering moving my family to Loudon County. Perhaps Leesburg, but also open to other cities. What is this area like for black people? Is there much racism?

Are you brain-dead?
Have you been reading the news?

No Loudoun County at this point in time is stupid they elected Youngkin and you want to move there?

Anonymous wrote:I think you should look at Bowie, MD or Columbia, MD.

If you are going out this far, I would move to Ellicott City before Loudoun. Just as nice and way more welcoming.

I think you should look at Bowie, MD or Columbia, MD.

Just FYI, Lynchburg was names after someone with the last name Lynch. It is an unfortunate name for sure, but the city is not named after the horrific act.

Anonymous wrote:This post is so ridiculous.

Why? People want to know they will be comfortable in a place.

This post is so ridiculous.

Have any of you ever actually been to Loudoun? And I don't mean just to the winery region. Sure, that part of the county and additional areas west of Leesburg are very white and Trumpy, but east of Rt. 15 is a completely different story.

I grew up in Glenelg, MD which has many similarities to Loudoun. As a black girl, I had lots of friends and definitely got called the N word. I refused to do that to my kids. It was harder for me than my parents. As a teenager, I just remember the black guys would date the white girls, but the white boys would not date the black girls. In other words, I had no one to date. That really sucked.

I went to Spelman for college and moved to DC when I had a family. I get why families move to these places, but they don't think about the kids and how it will impact them.

Reading this thread made my head spin and realize how much of a bubble most DCUM people are in. They think anything outside of McLean or Bethesda is an all-white Trump supporting redneck enclave.

Some of you folks really need to get out, more often. Very very ignorant.

We are in Ashburn, north of the toll road. DD's school is roughly 50% white, 50% minority, The largest minority populations represented at her school are Hispanic, South Asian, and Arab. But there are several African American families, as well, one of whom is our neighbor and good friend. To my knowledge, theyve not encountered any issues within the community.
My DD has a very diverse group of friends. I come from a rural area and did NOT grow up in that type of environment, and I am grateful that she will.
Loudoun is not a monolith, and you will find vast differences between the eastern and western portions of the county.

Anonymous wrote:Love reading the DCUM experts pontificate on subjects they know little about, making prejudiced generalizations, all while espousing their liberal ideals of acceptance and inclusion.

I mean, all those white people must obviously be racist, why else would they live somewhere called LEESburg? You sound like nitwits. Get it together.

Not as bad as the racists who live in Arlington because it’s was named after a plantation that exploited slaves.

Love reading the DCUM experts pontificate on subjects they know little about, making prejudiced generalizations, all while espousing their liberal ideals of acceptance and inclusion.

I mean, all those white people must obviously be racist, why else would they live somewhere called LEESburg? You sound like nitwits. Get it together.

Sterling is fine if you're beneath Route 7 near the mall or in Sterling Park. Ashburn is very White north of the Dulles Toll Road and fairly Asian south of the toll road (with the exception of Broadlands and parts of Brambleton which are pretty White). Leesburg is not that diverse and is mainly UMC white people with a hispanic minority concentrated on the east side of town. Western Loudoun is rural and very homogenous race wise.

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Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed race family and I could never imagine living in a place called Leesburg. Never.

You do know Leesburg is not named for Robert E. Lee, right?

You're right, a town named after his family will not evoke the Civil War general every time someone says it. "Come to Lynchburg! No, not that kind of lynch."

Dude. His Grandfather was a revolutionary war hero. Friends with George Washington. Come on now.