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Tobacco played a large role in the development of Lynchburg. Smoking and chewing tobacco were manufactured in numerous factories around…

Robert Emmett Rodes was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1829. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1848 where…

Annie Bethel Scales Bannister was born on February 6, 1882 on a farm in Henry County, Virginia to Joel Cephus…

On March 24th 1934, twenty-two men died due to a fire at the Federal Transient Bureau building in downtown Lynchburg.…

Had you found yourself walking the streets of downtown Lynchburg any time from the 1920s until World War II, chances…

As a child, she toured Europe and America and was labeled "The Miracle Child”. She performed in Berlin at age…

From its inception as Lynchburg’s first playground, Guggenheimer-Milliken was a popular year-round play spot. In addition to the indoor and…

In a year filled with momentous events, 1914 witnessed World War I’s beginning, Babe Ruth’s first major league baseball game,…

Though Carl Anderson lived most of his life outside of Lynchburg, he still considered the city to be his home…

If you are familiar with the stage and film versions of the play chances are you have heard Carl Anderson’s…