Supporting Loudoun's Unique Heritage Resource Friends of Thomas Balch Library

Join the Friends for Compelling Programs

Explore African American Heritage with the Black History Committee

Learn About Loudoun's Influential Quakers

From the Underground Railroad to the Burning Raid Discover Loudoun County in the Civil War

Share Your Knowledge of Genealogy and Loudoun History

Welcome to Friends of Thomas Balch Library, the support and advocacy organization founded in 1995 to preserve, enhance, and promote Leesburg, Loudoun County, and Virginia heritage and genealogical research.

Through the programs, projects, and special events we develop and sponsor, we help grow the collections and enlarge the circle of friends who will become the Library's future stewards.

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Images in banner carousel: 1) Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, courtesy of VisitLoudoun, 2) members and guests at the Friends 2015 fundraiser at Silverbrook Farm, Hillsboro, Loudoun County, 3) Flag Day participants at Colored School B, Lincoln, Loudoun County, 4) members of the Society of Friends, Goose Creek Meeting, Lincoln, Loudoun County, 5) Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby, center, and members of Mosby's Rangers, 5) members of the Home Interest Club, Purcellville, in the Jane Hirst Bogle Collection of Thomas Balch Library.