What Exactly Was Made In Virginia?
For more than 400 years, Virginians have been part of a global community—exporting ideas, products, and culture to the rest of the world. Although the commonwealth has become more urban […]
The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum
Anne Spencer was a poet, a civil rights activist, a teacher, librarian, wife and mother, and a gardener. More than thirty of her poems were published in her lifetime, […]
The History Of Court Hill House
Lynchburg, located on the James River in the southern Piedmont area, was first settled by Quakers from Pennsylvania and the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 1750s. John Lynch, the […]
The Curious History of Percival Island
Nestled in the James River, Percival’s Island Natural Area serves as both a piece of Lynchburg’s history and a natural resource for the community to enjoy. Once a private home […]
Monument Terrace in Lynchburg Virginia
Monument Terrace was originally conceived as a city project in the early 1880s. August Forsberg, the city engineer, was asked to provide a better route for citizens to move along […]
How Virginia Became A Transportation State
For most of history, humans have lived in a four-mile-an-hour world. People traveled only as fast as their feet, their animals, or the wind could carry them. This began to […]
Historic Point of Honor in Lynchburg VA
George Cabell, Sr. (1766–1823) was the first in a family of practicing physicians to earn an official medical degree. After studies at Hampden-Sydney Academy, he completed his medical training at […]
The Quite Miraculous Story of Amazement Square
Turning back the pages of the J.W. Wood Building’s history, one thing becomes clear: the bricks and mortar that make up this unique, Civil War-era structure have meant many things […]
Thomas Jefferson and the Poplar Forest Plantation
Poplar Forest is a plantation and plantation house in Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson designed the plantation and used the property as a private retreat and a revenue-generating plantation. […]
The Old City Cemetery Rose Garden
Old City Cemetery is home to the largest public collection of heirloom roses in the Commonwealth of Virginia. There are over 425 different varieties planted throughout the grounds, representing all […]