The Kennedy Family and Middleburg

The following picture and text is taken from 
the  Visit Loudoun website: 

 
Camelot in Middleburg

Jackie Kennedy’s style and grace epitomizes Loudoun County’s horse country and its capital, Middleburg. In the early 1960s, President John F. Kennedy and his family used Middleburg as a retreat from the pressures of the presidency. The Kennedys leased a 400-acre 19th-century farm, Glen-Ora, to relax, foxhunt, and socialize with friends. Later, they built their own weekend country retreat, “Wexford” in Middleburg on 39 acres bought for $26,000 from a local farmer.

Jackie treasured "normal" time with her children, John Jr. and Caroline, here, reading bedtime stories, shopping, and teaching them to ride their ponies. JFK, also a regular visitor, flew in by helicopter to attend Sunday mass at the Middleburg Community Center. He even held rare press conferences in the Jeb Stuart Room at the Red Fox Inn.

In the 1990s, Jackie Kennedy Onassis often returned to spend foxhunting weekends in the countryside filled with happy memories from her time as First Lady. She stayed at the Red Fox Inn's McConnell House, not far from Wexford. Today, her hunting "pinks" are on display at Morven Park's Museum of Hounds and Hunting, and can be viewed by the public.

The public pavilion and garden next to "The Pink Box" Information Center in Middleburg are dedicated to Jackie in honor of the contributions she made to the town during her residence there.


Below are two letters Jackie Kennedy wrote to the current Innkeeper as well as a picture of the Innkeeper and Jackie out Foxhunting with the Piedmont Foxhounds: