A picture of a scheduled political, social or cultural event for which advance planning was possible.
UNITED STATES – September 16, 2019: Yellowstone National Park in Western Wyoming has some of the most diverse land and wildlife of all the National Parks in America. Here tourist attempt to photograph and this black bear. Park Rangers have their hands full attempting to make sure all keep their distance. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES – July 3, 2019: The village of Waterfords kicked off the 4th of July holiday with fireworks and tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. they have an old fashioned parade though downtown. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES – July 4, 2019: The village of Waterford’s Independence Day Celebration started last night with fire works and this morning they had a old fashioned parade. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES – June 7, 2019: In the shade of the majestic oaks near the village of Upperville, Virginia, the 166th anniversary of the oldest horse show in America runs from June 3th to Sunday, June 9th 2019. Here Nicole Shahinian-Simpson aboard Akuna Mattata attempts to regain control of her horse after he spooked. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES – Dec. 13, 2018: The 2nd Annual Bicycle Outfitters Christmas Lights Tour around the Town of Leesburg. The bicycle ride is a “for everyone” pace with no-one left behind. Cyclist are encouraged to decorate their bikes and also a helmet and front and rear light are required. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES: July 01, 2018: Hillsboro 4th of July festival was held today July 1, 2018 at the Old Stone School. The events included a ceremonial groundbreaking for the traffic calming project for route 9 and lots of great food trucks, farmers bringing delicious food and of course fire works after sunset. Here Hillsboro Boy Scout Troop 961 presents the colors to kick off the event, clockwise from top Scoutmaster, Wayne Lopez, Trevor McDuffie, Wyatt Coons, Alex Cunningham, Tristan Mackey.(Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: August 6, 2018: The Color Guard works on routines during Loudoun County Marching Raiders practice. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: August 12, 2018: A Kitten hangs out in a 1940’s “Rat Car” at the Cars & Coffee event at the Dunkin Donuts at Dulles Landing shopping center in Arcola. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: August 25, 2018: After Lovettsville resident Gina Faber started Gina’s Pies in 2016, she’s now selling them at the Leesburg Farmers’ Market and is growing her business.(Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: July 30, 2018: Tonya Taylor, co-manager of the Bainum Foundation Farm in Middleburg rushes in-between todays storms to pick tomatoes after a wet growing season that has reeked havoc on their vegetables. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: August 12, 2018: Brenda McGrath poses for some photos in her 1967 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Convertible at the Cars & Coffee event at the Dunkin Donuts at Dulles Landing shopping center in Arcola. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: Feb. 12, 2018: Governor Ralph Northam listens to Eden Bertuzzi sing the National Anthem during the opening of the new Veterans Affairs Community Access Center on Miller Drive near Leesburg Airport. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: March 24, 2018: Riverside High School student (holding sign)Yara Omar along with thousands of other participants crowd into Constitution Avenue during the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands rallied in the nation’s capital to demand action to end gun violence and mass shootings in schools. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: March 02, 2018: Trees and power lines are down all across Loudoun County that saw 70 plus mph winds today. Seen here a power crew from North Carolina works to clear a downed tree off of power lines in Hamilton. A powerful nor’easter rapidly intensified off the Northeast coast Friday, packing a fierce high-wind event that will unfold over area into Saturday morning. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – Jan. 08, 2017: A VDOT truck sprays pre-storm treatment of liquid salt brine on Lovettsville road near Point of Rocks in north east Loudoun County. Schools were closed today with the pending storm expected to arrive in mid afternoon making roads slick for afternoon travelers. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – June 6, 2017: The class of 2017 from Woodgrove High School in Purcellville marches to the football stadium for their Commencement Exercises on Tuesday June 13, 2017. Woodgrove graduated 395 with over 80% going onto college. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES:Feb. 22, 2018: A Leesburg veteran surrendered two AR-15s today to the Leesburg Police Department. Here LPD officers removed the guns from the home, two AR-15’s with about 3000 rounds of ammunition, two dozen high capacity magazines and other assault rifle accessories. The guns will be destroyed and not put back into circulation. When asked why they had chosen to surrender the weapons, they said that after seeing videos during the Florida school shooting of students stepping over their teachers and classmatesí bodies as they evacuated was enough. “I’m a former veteran and these guns are fun to shoot, but I don’t want to be part of this anymore. No one needs this type of gun. Their only purpose is to kill people.î (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – May 29, 2017: Morris Nix and Edward Nix read the names on the World War II memorial including the name of Robert W. Nix III, the older brother of Morris Nix who was killed in action. First Lt. Robert W. Nix III, from VMI to the U.S Army, died on June 1, 1944, in Italy. The Nix family attended the annual observance of Memorial Day at the Loudoun County Courthouse in downtown Leesburg. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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UNITED STATES – October 30, 2017: A protester made it onto stage just as Ed Gillespie was introducing Senator Marco Rubio, R-FL. Here she is shouted down by a bystander as a Loudoun Country Deputy Sheriff removes her form the stage. Senator Marco Rubio, R-FL., joined Ed Gillespie who is running for Governor of Virginia at a campaign stop in Arcola Virginia on October 29, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 04-08-2017: The Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bluemont Community Center in the Village of Bluemont is always a huge success. Savanah Sapp of Bluemont is surprised by the Easter Bunny. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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People stand for the playing of the National Anthem before the action starts in the demolition derbies at the Clark County Fair. The Clarke County Fair highlights livestock exhibits, homemaking exhibits, carnival rides and plenty of entertainment, such as demolition derbies, bull riding, tractor pulls, lawn mower races and the everpopular pig scrambles at the Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds.. 
“The Bluegrass & Folk Music Pickin’ Fest” in Berryville, Virginia..Watermelon Park Fest combines a beautiful weekend of moonlight Campin’ and Pickin’ on the historic Shenandoah River. Recommencement of the Watermelon Park Fest Bluegrass and Folk Music Concert included acts like The Good Deale Bluegrass Band featuring Mike Auldridge, David Via & Corn Tornado, Furnace Mountain Band featuring David Vandeventer, The Woodshedders, Mando Mafia, The Biscuit Burners, Catoctin Concoction, The Shenandoah Sheiks and Keith Lovett of the Seldom Scene. 
UNITED STATES – July 4, 2017: Citizens line King Street in downtown during the Independence Day Parade in Leesburg Virginia. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 12-03-2016: Christmas in Middleburg kicked off today on Dec. 3, 2016. The festivities begin at 8:30 a.m., with Breakfast with Santa at Middleburg Community Charter School then at 11 a.m., the Middleburg Hunt filled streets creating a spectacular sight as approximately 120 horses, riders in hunting attire and dozens of hounds come through the town. The Middleburg Christmas Parade begin at 2 p.m. as spectators line the sidewalks along Washington Street (Route 50) to watch as a unique assortment of floats, troops and musical groups march by. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: May 25, 2018: C.M. Pigott, along with other members of the Clinton Hatcher Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans began the day by setting out flags in Sharon Cemetery in Middleburg for soldiers that died during the civil war. The next three days members of the SCV, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion, Scouts and other organizations will set flags on all graves across Loudoun for Memorial Day on Monday. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES: March 5, 2018: Tony McAleer a former white supremacist and co-founder of Life After Hate addresses about 500 people that attended the Loudoun Love Your Neighbor: Hope Not Hate meeting at ShaÕare Shalom in Leesburg. The meeting was a community response to the recent KKK leafleting that been happening in some of Loudoun towns.(Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES:Feb. 22, 2018: A Leesburg veteran surrendered two AR-15s today to the Leesburg Police Department. Here LPD officers removed the guns from the home, two AR-15’s with about 3000 rounds of ammunition, two dozen high capacity magazines and other assault rifle accessories. The guns will be destroyed and not put back into circulation. When asked why they had chosen to surrender the weapons, they said that after seeing videos during the Florida school shooting of students stepping over their teachers and classmatesí bodies as they evacuated was enough. “I’m a former veteran and these guns are fun to shoot, but I don’t want to be part of this anymore. No one needs this type of gun. Their only purpose is to kill people.î (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now)
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