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The Edwin Washington Project Documenting the history of pre-integration schools in Loudoun County, Virginia. By appointment only. Just make an appointment.

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit working with LCPS and local history associations and libraries. We operate a "research library" exploring the impact of segregated education in Loudoun from 1846 to 1968, the main focus being on the African-American Community. We also have a more general interest in the development of "country schools," and are a member of the Country School Association of America

The records we review are very fragile and can only be examined with supervision, though we encourage wide public access. As far as we know, we are the first major effort to focus on the impact of segregated education for African-Americans in Loudoun.

Interesting people?
10/03/2026

Interesting people?

Larry Roeder selling Dirt Dont Burn
10/03/2026

Larry Roeder selling Dirt Dont Burn

At the Waterford Fair.
10/03/2026

At the Waterford Fair.

08/18/2026

Larry Roeder, the head of the Bulletin and the Edwin Washington Society, has been invited to make an address on 3 September in Paris, France on Dirt Don't Burn and segregated schooling in Loudoun. He is also managing a major project with the American Legion to explore American volunteer ambulance services set up in Paris 1939 and 1940. The two topics will be combined for a mixed audience of people interested in both topics.

07/18/2026

We in the Edwin Washington Society lost a true friend today, Louis Jett. I can't say enough about how wonderful he was as a friend, as a passionate advocate for Black history, a physical guide, and as a human being. I must have met him first in the Black History Committee. But he made himself a part of my life anyway, trying to help me understand the issues that mattered. He was charming, passionate and honest. Sad day for me.

Larry Roeder

05/21/2026

Monday May 18th, the Governor signed into law HB182, allowing African American studies to be accepted as credits towards a High School Diploma. Perhaps working with LCPS as a partner we can develop such studies of our own for volunteers.

Neil Steinberg and Dave Prebich photodocumenting the Training Cetner on Union Street for the first time. March 2022. W...
03/04/2026

Neil Steinberg and Dave Prebich photodocumenting the Training Cetner on Union Street for the first time. March 2022. We have many more.

We need more young volunteers. Here are some from 2019.
03/04/2026

We need more young volunteers. Here are some from 2019.

The Edwin Washington Project began when Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) recovered thousands of lost records covering the time period from 1864 to 1968 that were almost burned. LCPS asked local historian, Larry Roeder, who had previously documented the village of Conklin, to document these recor...

02/23/2026

For friends of the Edwin Washington Project/Society, there will be a meeting on 14 March at Douglass to honor some of the volunteers who supported the effort over the last decade. Also to be discussed will be an initiative to remember the people who signed petitions during segregation. Feel free to join. 2pm-4pm at Douglass.

02/15/2026

Why are the authorities advertising a signal sniffer technology to detect Guffrie's pacemaker technology. Do they not think the kidnappers see the same news, and now might move the victim? I dont get it.

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26128 Talamore Drive
South Riding, VA
20152

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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