Mystery Location No. 402: May 5, 2024

This is the Red Fox Inn & Tavern, 2 E. Washington Street, Middleburg, Virginia. Built in 1728, the Red Fox is the oldest established inn in the entire country. During the War of Northern Aggression, the establishment was temporarily used as a hospital and an operating table where surgeons hacked off arms and legs was was set up inside what is now the bar. The hauntings include creaks on the stairs and whispers in the hallways when no one is on the stairs or in the halls. Room 19, where the door is sometimes unlocked by unseen hands, is also haunted.

The Red Fox Inn is named in honor of the fox hunt, a once popular pastime in parts of Virginia. There are still fox hunts in the state, but its popularity has waned. To date, however, the US hasn't followed England and Wales, where fox hunting was banned in 2004.

Middleburg is located in Loudoun County, which has been taken over by liberal progressives who allow male freaks in skirts to use the girls' bathrooms in schools, and one freak actually raped a girl in the bathroom. He was subsequently transferred to another school, where he assaulted another girl. Thus, Loudoun County is "an area that has lost its way."

Loudoun County was named for the 4th Earl of Loudoun, who was John Campbell, a member of the Scottish peerage. He served as commander-in-chief of all British armed forces in North America and titular governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.

The name Campbell is often associated with soup.

Today (May 10) in 1307, the Battle of Loudoun Hill (Ayrshire) was fought. The Scots were led by King Robert the Bruce and the English army was commanded by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. Robert the Bruce was victorious.