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Downtown Post Office Dedicated to WWII Vet, Community Advocate BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com
U.S. Rep Jennifer Wexton and Leesburg Postmaster Timothy Lloyd formally rededicated the Downtown Station post office as the Norman Duncan Building during a June 1 ceremony on the courthouse lawn. The action was approved by Congress in December 2020 to honor the World War II veteran and longtime Loudoun County community advocate who died in 2019 at age 100, but the renaming was delayed by the pandemic. “It feels almost silly for me to talk about who Norman Duncan was, because it seems that just about every person in Loudoun knew Norman,” said Wexton, who sponsored the legislation. She noted he was a fixture at veterans’ events and a tireless advocate for family caregivers, inspired by his own experiences caring for his wife, Elsie, as Alzheimer’s disease set in. His advocacy resulted in the declaration of an annual Labor of Love weekend in Loudoun County to celebrate caregivers. “He was not only a community hero, but a personal hero to some many who interacted with him,” Wexton said. She said he was driven by a deep care for others. “You could never say no to Norman. In fact, you couldn’t even say ‘we’ll, see. He was one of the most persistent people I ever came across in Richmond or here in Loudoun,” Wexton said. “While Norman
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Firefighters File Collective Bargaining Petition BY RENSS GREENE
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Operation Torch in North Africa and Operation Overlord in Normandy, France. “He was a loving husband and father and grandfather and great-grandfather, but above all he was a proud American. He would be so very proud of this honor today,” she said. Twice in his later years Duncan traveled to Normandy to participate in cere-
The Loudoun County Career Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 3756, has filed a petition with overwhelming support to begin collective bargaining. Under state law passed last year, county employees may petition the Board of Supervisors for collective bargaining. The county board isn’t required to then enter a collective bargaining agreement, but a majority on the Loudoun board has pushed for allowing employees to unionize. The county’s ordinance requires at least 30% of the employees in one of the defined bargaining units— fire-rescue employees, labor and trades employees, or general county employees—to sign a petition to start the process. IAFF President John Myers said their petition was signed by closer to 90% of them. “I think that the biggest opportunity we have here is really to get the collective voice of the actual employees and see what’s important to them, and get that hopefully built into a contract, and at the same time work together with county leadership and management to make sure it’s a
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Rep. Jennifer Wexton poses with members of Norman Duncan’s family and Leesburg Postmaster Timothy Lloyd during the June 1 dedication of the Downtown Station post office building in his honor.
never asked for any praise or recognition for his work, his service deserves to be celebrated.” Duncan’s daughter, Patricia “Tina” Barden, recounted her father’s military and public service, noting that even at age 100 he was active with email engaging with community leaders. The son of Jewish immigrants he was drafted into the Army and was in charge of logistics and supply at U.S. bases in the United Kingdom and supported
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