Leesburg leaders on Saturday celebrated the groundbreaking of the 86-acre Veterans Park adjacent to the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield.
The town and NOVA Parks acquired 141 acres adjacent to the Ball’s Bluff Regional Park in 2001 for a total of $3.3 million. The beginning of a plan conceived in 2000.
The town council adopted the Veterans Park Master Plan in 2002 and updated that plan in 2012. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors contributed $4 million to construction in 2021…