{"id":12228,"count":1,"description":"Philomont is a small unincorporated rural village in western Loudoun County, Virginia. The name is derived from the Greek word philo meaning \"beloved\" and the French word mont or \"mountain\"; Philomont means \"Beloved Mountain.\"\nThe village was established in the 19th century by Quakers. Minor skirmishes occurred in the area during the Civil War and troops from both sides routinely moved through Philomont. The famed Confederate irregulars \"Mosby's Raiders\" (also known as Mosby's Rangers) were active in the area throughout the war. Philomont lies within the Mosby Heritage Area. Mosby's Rangers never officially surrendered to the victorious Union forces but instead disbanded and thus remain undefeated.\nPhilomont is located in the heart of Virginia's \"Hunt Country,\" just eight miles north of Middleburg and about five miles south of Purcellville. The greater Philomont area is known for horse farms, large estates, winding gravel roads, rolling hills and stacked stone walls. Philomont lies on...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/philomont\/","name":"Philomont","slug":"philomont","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/12228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=12228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}