Pictures of the year
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) 
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UNITED STATES – November 7, 2017: Reaction from the crowd was intense after Wendy Gooditis won the seat for Democratic 10th district for Virginia House of Delegates ousting two term republican Randy Minchew. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – November 17, 2017: Vanessa Maddox reacts to being sworn in as the newest Town Council member on November 17, 2017 following her Election Day victory last week. Her husband Roger is in the background. She becomes the first African American woman to serve on the council. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – November 21, 2017: A tree climber got more then he bargained for during a tree removal in Bluemont. Tino’s Tree Service crew was taking down a towering silver maple that was old and in bad shape and needed to come down for the safety of the structure.(Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – May 05, 2017: The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue had a chicken-nugget lunch with students in the Catoctin Elementary School cafeteria in Leesburg today. Perdue signed a proclamation that will delay the more stringent rules for wholegrain and sodium levels that were set to go into effect next school year. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – May 15, 2017: A baby (3-weeks old) eastern screech owl, (Otus asio) sits in a natural hollow in Western Loudoun County Virginia. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – August 14, 2017: Inova Loudoun Hospital recently added a new, four-legged member to its child life specialist team — 2-year-old Golden Retriever Jeremiah. In doing so, the hospital becomes the first in the Washington, DC, area to use a facility dog. In the background is (L to R) Kim Van Etten, Child Life Specialist, Inova Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital and Allyson Halverson, Child Life Specialist, Inova Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 04-03-2017: In 2008 Executive Director Darcy Woessner and this injured mare named “Reeses” created Project Horse Empowerment Center in Lincoln Virginia in Western Loudoun County. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 03-13-2017: Commuters head home along route 7 which has been pre-treated with a liquid salt ìbrineî mixture striping the road near Purcellville before what appears to be the only snow storm of the year hits tonight. The snow is expected to start between 5 and 7 p.m. with snow and sleet accumulation of up to 4 to 8 inches. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – July 8, 2017: Morven Park has launched its inaugural season of Polo in the Park at the Morven Park International Equestrian Center. Arena polo matches, picnicking and dancing will take place every Saturday evening in July and August. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – July 8, 2017: Morven Park has launched its inaugural season of Polo in the Park at the Morven Park International Equestrian Center. Arena polo matches, picnicking and dancing will take place every Saturday evening in July and August. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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UNITED STATES – 04-16-2017: Open hurdle race at the Loudoun Hunt’s annual Point to Point horse races at Oatlands Plantation located in Leesburg, Virginia. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – July 24, 2017: Lilly Eubanks and Grace MacKenzie of Ashburn get a shine on their sheep before contest begin on opening day at the Loudoun County Fair. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – October 30, 2017: A fan sneaks a photo with his cell phone of Ed Gillespie who is running for Governor as he waits behind stage at a campaign stop in Arcola Virginia on October 29, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – November 20, 2017: The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is considering an application to build a data center complex on 106 rural acres on the west bank of Goose Creek. This property also contains the Murrays Ford Conservation Site, which includes a rare ecological community called a Northern Piedmont Mafic Barren, one of only ten such sites in the world. This is a view of the Mafic Barren, all of these small-patch communities are rare in Virginia and globally. (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 – August 30, 2017: The Piedmont fox hounds get a little exercise on a farm pond off of Western Loudoun’s historic gravel road known as Newlin Mill Road outside of the Village of Unison. Many of the dirt roads in Loudoun are important heritage resources that represent the migration, settlement and travel patterns of the County’s early populations. Historic travel routes are also essential components of the County’s historic landscape as it associates with standing structures, linking early settlements.(Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – July 24, 2017: Ashley Wells and Greg Treado of Willow Hawk Farm in Lovettsville take a small break from the sheep showmanship on opening day at the Loudoun County Fair to check make-up and emails. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – December 09, 2017: The snow made for a perfect day to take part in the popular horse-drawn carriage rides through historic downtown Leesburg. Historic downtown is all dressed up in its finest holiday décor to welcome visitors. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – July 4, 2017: Peyton, age 2 and Mason Grant, age 3 wait for the Independence Day Parade to start in Leesburg Virginia. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 01162017: Chris Jefferson poses in front of his neighbors home that burned a little over a week ago in Aldie. Chris was asked by firefighters during the fire to keep an eye on his neighbors Tommy and Ruth Peters from reentering the now engulfed structure when Ruth begged him to save the pet pot bellied pig still trapped in the house. Chris, without ever having been inside the Peters home entered and saved Pebbles the pig. This was Pebbles second close call with a fire so she must be like a cat with 9 lives! (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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 – 10-23-2017: Catoctin Creek Bridge was originally located at a crossing of nearby Goose Creek, carrying the Leesburg Turnpike, later Virginia State Route 7, but was relocated in 1932 to its present location at Catoctin Creek. The Catoctin Creek Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1974. Western Loudoun’s historic dirt road known as Featherbed Lane outside of the Village of Waterford. Many of the dirt roads in Loudoun are important heritage resources that represent the migration, settlement and travel patterns of the County’s early populations. Historic travel routes are also essential components of the County’s historic landscape as it associates with standing structures, linking early settlements. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – November 5, 2017: Fall colors in the Blue Ridge and Western Loudoun are peaking now and at higher elevations are just a little past peak. This photo is from Bears Den which borders Loudoun County. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – June 10, 2017: Returning as the winningest female to race in Arlington, with 10 podiums, dating back to 1999 (and multi-time national champion), Laura Van Gilder of the Mellow Mushroom p/b Shady Grove Fertility jumps for joy after winning the women’s pro race. The Armed Forces Cycling Classic Crystal Cup is the second day of racing in Arlington Virginia were the Crystal Cup race will determine the weekend’s Omnium competition. (Photo By Douglas Graham/WLP) 
UNITED STATES – 03-25-2017: Vultures fight over roosting spots on the two chimneys of this old abandoned farmhouse along Old Wheatland Road in Western Loudoun near the village of Waterford. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – 02-06-2017: Deep Sran seen here inside the old Ashburn Colored School is the founder of the Loudoun School for the Gifted and is heading up the restoration effort. Four months after the Ashburn Colored School was defaced with graffiti, the Loudoun School for the Gifted has raised the $100,000 needed to refurbish it. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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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) 
UNITED STATES – 01-06-2017: The first measurable snow storm of the year put down about 3 of light fluffy snow in the blue ridge mountains at higher elevations near Bears Den. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
UNITED STATES – May 15, 2017: Leesburg Police along with Loudoun County Fire and Rescue personal responded to an attempted suicide at Ball’s Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now) 
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