21st Annual Veterans Day Celebration
Join us for our 21st annual Veterans Day Commemoration on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. This event, cohosted by The George C. Marshall International Center, the Town of Leesburg and Loudoun County, will take place on the grounds of George C. Marshall’s Dodona Manor in historic Leesburg.
Vintage military vehicles will be on site for exploration, and Dodona Manor will be open for free tours.
Rain or shine.
Free and open to the public (RSVP preferred).
Free community barbecue lunch at 12 PM while supplies last.
Parking is available at the Loudoun County Government Garage on Loudoun Street.
Transportation from the Loudoun County Government Garage provided by Cartwheels. We recommend arriving early and parking by 9:00 a.m. to allow ample time to journey to Dodona Manor.
EVENT SCHEDULE
10 AM – 11 AM Free tours of Dodona Manor, vintage vehicles on site, non-profit partners on site
11 AM – 12 PM Speaker program under the tent, seating available
12 PM – 1 PM BBQ Community Lunch, while supplies last
SPEAKER
Our keynote speaker for the day will be Blake Hall.
Blake Hall is the Co-Founder and CEO of ID.me, a digital wallet used by more than 150 million Americans to keep themselves safe and make their lives easier while they transact online. Government agencies and private organizations trust ID.me to keep high-risk programs safe so they can deliver valuable services to external users through digital channels. ID.me’s portable login allows verified data to move with people so Americans can use a single login to prove their identity and easily access hundreds of federal, state, and private sector websites. In keeping with military tradition, ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” so everyone can benefit from the convenience of digital services.
In 2019, Blake was named CEO of the Year by One World Identity. In 2020, Vanderbilt University awarded Blake their prestigious Young Alumni Achievement award. In 2022, Ernst & Young recognized Blake as the Entrepreneur of the Year for the MId-Atlantic region. In 2025, Blake was named an inaugural Fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security. Blake is an inventor on eleven patents related to authentication and identity.
Prior to ID.me, Blake led a reconnaissance platoon in Iraq on over 450 combat patrols without sustaining any casualties within the platoon or attachments. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, one for heroism in combat earned while stopping an Al-Qaida assault on a Combat Support Hospital in Mosul, Iraq. He earned the second Bronze Star for exceptional performance hunting high-value targets. Blake graduated from the United States Army’s famous Ranger School and Airborne School. He earned a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.