…posts relating to the history of Cardinal Glen and the surrounding area:
hoa archives (10/29/2025) - going back to the beginning… now residing under my deck…any historians out there? anybody want to scan them? Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
Welcome, New Neighbors at 514 Cardinal Glen Cir! (6/11/2025) - Please meet our newest neighbors. Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
finally! (11/2/2023) - vdot’s replaced the street signs on rt7 aka leesburg pike, reversing the civil-rights-era renaming to honor a notorious segregationist:-) Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
more HOA history… (7/19/2021) - continuing to mine our paper archives: past HOA boardmembers Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
what might have been;-) (7/13/2021) - past secretary jim babcock just dropped off a box of hoa records, including the other key to our p.o.box, along with a bunch of...
spring cleaning (3/15/2021) - A huge thanks to new boardmember Krista Donlon for power washing the front entrance walls yesterday. She did a wonderful job; the walls look...
Nokes Mountain (9/5/2020) - Potomac View Road south of Rt 7 follows a ridge, also called Mirror Ridge for its use as a Civil War signalling station, now...
African American Burial Grounds in Loudoun (9/2/2020) - African American Burial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont The cemetery of the enslaved at Belmont Plantation was rescued from the bulldozers at the...
Miskel Farm (9/1/2020) - We live in a historic area: Mosby’s Rangers ruled the territory, abetted by local traitors such as the Miskel family, whose farm is just...the last builder (11/28/2019) - taking over from gordon homes was jolamar, which built sections 3 & 4, lots 120-185, as well as lots 10-17 on wren ct &...
the second builder in cardinal glen (11/28/2019) - taking over from national birchwood was gordon homes, which built section 2, lots 58-119; the model homes were the houses on the right side...
Rename Rt 7 (7/22/2019) - Route 7 was renamed, in a reactionary response to the Civil Rights movement, for the racist, avowed white supremacist and Senator Harry F. Byrd....
should it stay or should it go?-/ (3/16/2019) - this morning i attended rich gillespie’s civilwar walking tour https://www.leesburgva.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/28314/5633 and of course saw the statue in front of the loco courthouse <!–more–> gillespie...
patriotism vs nationalism (11/1/2018) - patriotism is loving your country nationalism is hating the other countries – c de gaulle https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/charles_de_gaulle_111702 Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
Our Entrance Median (5/15/2018) - As a part of a state-maintained street, our entrance median is maintained by VDOT…but as we can’t wait for them to get around to...
that octagon on common ground… (6/25/2017) - is very visible in dry conditions… Share Tweet Pin Mail SMScardinal glen’s first builder (6/10/2017) - the first developer in cardinal glen was national birchwood homes: the model homes were the first 4 houses on cgc facing the bahai church;...
definitely something there (5/1/2017) - looks octagonal, no? rt 7 used to be a tollroad… Share Tweet Pin Mail SMSanother farewell… (11/29/2016) - After 23 years in the Glen, the Jeglums are leaving, too:-( They write: Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS
FSBO-O (11/29/2016) - for sale by -original- owners! Farewell to Wayne and Bobbie Lee, who are retiring and moving south to be near the grandkids. 13 Coloma...
Summer at the Entrance (6/6/2016) - Thanks to the hard work of the Grounds Committee and boardmember Mary Kipps, our entrance is in glorious bloom!-) And many mailboxes are resplendant!-)...
3 degrees of separation (11/25/2015) - i was visiting good neighbor bob novak this morning, and we were commiserating the sad state of the world today;-} bob went on to...the ray+donna forth house;-) (4/11/1984) - the original owners left their mark in ’84;-) Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS