In 2008, George Washington Carver Elementary School alumni and their families formed the Carver Alumni

Association as a non-profit organization. Black children from Hillsboro, Lincoln, Philomont, Round Hill,

Lovettsville, Hamilton, Purcellville, and Bluemont Virginia attended the school from 1948 to 1968. Following

desegregation, the school was used as a county storage facility for three decades because area white parents

refused to allow their children to attend a school that was formerly for Black children . The school is now used

as a senior center, after Mattie Louise Lassiter, Brownell.... organized local citizens to petition Loudoun County to use the

building to support the community.

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The land on which the school sits upon was donated by Joseph and Lena Cook and was adjacent to the historic

Emancipation Grounds. Emancipation Proclamation Day celebrations were held on the Emancipation Grounds, every third Saturday in September between the years 1910-1967. The festivities commemorated the day that President Abraham

Lincoln proclaimed the end of slavery on September 22, 1862. The annual celebration was always a

spectacular event and people traveled from neighboring counties, tow ns, and cities to participate. The Carver

Alumni Association recently revived the celebration which is now held every year in September.

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The Carver Alumni Association is committed to preserving the civic, educational, cultural, and religious

traditions established in Loudoun County and honoring the legacy of former students, teachers, faculty,

and those who came before them. The Carver Alumni Association also seeks to serve the community at large

and those directly connected to George Washington Carver Elementary School.