About Loudoun County

Loudoun County constitutes a part of the five million acre Northern Neck of Virginia Proprietary granted by King Charles II of England to seven noblemen in 1649. This grant, later known as the Fairfax Proprietary, lay between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. Between 1653 and 1730, Westmoreland, Stafford and Prince William Counties were formed within the Proprietary, and in 1742 the remaining land was designated Fairfax County.

In 1757, by act of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Fairfax County was divided. The western portion was named Loudoun for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun, a Scottish nobleman who served as Commander-in-Chief for all British armed forces in North America and titular Governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.

Leesburg has served continuously as the County Seat since 1757.

About Ashburn Village

Ashburn Village, located in Loudoun County, is one of the largest communities in Northern Virginia, and offers 5071 residential units comprised of single family homes, town homes, condominiums, age-restricted condominiums and town homes, and apartments. Opened in 1988, construction in Ashburn Village is nearly complete with just one section remaining for residential development and two parcels for commercial / retail construction. When fully built the community will have approximately 2.5 million square feet of planned commercial and office space. Presently a 200,000 square foot retail space, known as the Ashburn Village Center, provides for shopping and services within minutes of all residents.

Located approximately 33 miles west of Washington, DC. and only minutes from Dulles International Airport, the community features many resident amenities such as several neighborhood community centers with outdoor pools, tennis, basketball and multipurpose courts, meeting rooms, tot lots, miles of jogging and bike trails, ball and soccer fields, 2 elementary schools and 1 middle school, as well as over 500 acres of open outdoor space with six lakes and ponds that are stocked annually for fishing. In July, the Association hosts a brilliant display of fireworks on Lake Ashburn.

About Aberdeen Rocks

Abraham Lincoln was once quoted as saying "The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."  And so it was with those of us who found friendship within a group of families moving into a small townhouse development on Aberdeen Terrace in Ashburn Village back in 1990. We all came from different backgrounds, and were all moving forward in different directions, but David and Trish, Frank and Susan, Tom and Whitney, Chip and Karen, Barry and Elizabeth, Rick and Donna, Gary and Maria, Roger and Regina, and Tom and Helen somehow found a common bond that has become an integral part of our individual and collective lives.

That common bond probably started with our deep devotion to our spouses, our unconditional love for our children, and, maybe, because we all (well, maybe most of us) enjoyed a beer at the end of the day on the front porch.  And, it continually strengthened over time with a little help from “Monday Night Football” at Roger and Regina’s, Gary and Tom coaching our kids in baseball, basketball, and a variety of other sports, Chip strolling the neighborhood in his robe (yikes!), progressive dinner parties, block parties, Halloween parties, sporting events, boating trips, trips to Busch Gardens with "Uncle" Frank, and happy hours on Tom and Whitney's deck. Whatever the case, and for whatever the reason, these families - Aberdeenians - have stuck together through the best of times, and some of the worst of times, in probably the most transient place on the planet – the Washington, DC/Northern Virginia area.

Over the years since our original move-in date, the Aberdeen neighborhood picked up a few cherished additions - Joe and Debbie, Tom and Diana, Brendan and Betty. And, now that most all of us have moved from Aberdeen Terrace to other homes in Ashburn, we’ve picked up a few more in Mike and Kasey, and Tom and Kathy. And sadly, we lost Joe and Tom to illnesses, and one of our most precious gifts from God, one of our children, Paige.

Collectively, the Aberdeen parents have, or are still raising, fourty-one children (is that right!?). And, we now have four grandchildren to welcome into the flock. Some of the older kids have moved out and are now working "for the man", some are in college, but the majority are still in high school or elementary school. It has been, and continues to be, a wonderful and blessed thing to watch them all grow and mature over the years. From infant, to todler, to adolescent, to adult - this has been and continues to be the most rewarding and enriching part of our time as Aberdeenians.

And, we are proud to count as Aberdeenians several active duty and reserve servicemen. They are our husbands and fathers, sons, and daughters, and in spite of political opinions about the War on Terror being so polarizing we thank them every chance we get - regardless of our political views. We hope you will as well. They are what make us proud to be Americans.

To put a wrap on the story of us, the Aberdeenians, Robert Louis Stevenson said that "We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend". The Aberdeen Rocks experience that we continue to enjoy as adults and children serves to positively reinforce that the making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a person's success in life.

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Sorry, one more quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that all Aberdeenians will appreciate - "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

Rock on Aberdeen Rocks ....

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