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LYNCHBURG MUSEUM SYSTEM OFFERS FREE ADMISSION ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR KIDS
On Monday, January 16, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the Lynchburg Museum and Point of Honor will offer free admission in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Point of Honor will feature guided tours of the 1815 Federal period home, once the seat of a 750-acre plantation. The special exhibit: Lynchburg At War: 1861-1865 remains on exhibit at the Museum through June 15.
Kids’ Night at the Museum programs will be held on Friday, January 20 and Friday, February 17 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Children ages 7-12 can participate in scavenger hunts and living history, interact with nocturnal animals from the Nature Zone and a mystery guest, create art, and end with pizza and a movie. The cost is $20 per child. Early reservations are encouraged as these programs generally sell out quickly. For reservations, contact the Rachel Deddens, Museum Educator at 455 4424 or email Rachel.Deddens@lynchburgva.gov.
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New Historical Markers Placed Within Downtown Lynchubrg
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The Lynchburg Museum Opens A New
Civil War Exhibit:
LYNCHBURG AT WAR: 1861-1865
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When Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861, life for the 6,800 people who lived in Lynchburg was about to change forever. For the next four years, the city became a military training camp and supply base, a Confederate hospital center second only to Richmond, a target of the United States army, and a city of mourners.
At times, the number of soldiers in Lynchburg exceeded civilians. Trains delivered hundreds of sick and wounded with no one to care for them. Lynchburg’s women became leaders by nursing the sick, making war material and managing homes and businesses. At the end of four years of war, Lynchburg’s 2,700 slaves were free, the city was occupied by a hostile army, and no one knew what the future might hold.
From April 16, 2011 to June 15, 2012, the Lynchburg Museum, located at 901 Court Street, will present Lynchburg at War: 1861-1865. The exhibit, created as part of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, looks at the impact of the war on the people of the city. Rare artifacts with a Lynchburg connection have been loaned by the Virginia Historical Society, VMI Museum, Museum of the Confederacy, South Carolina Relic Room, Jones Memorial Library, Stonewall Brigade Band and private lenders.
Included is a letter to Gen. Wade Hampton, III, signed by Jefferson Davis, swords of Generals Munford and Dearing, a Confederate surgeon’s chest and epaulettes worn by Gen. Rodes. The exhibit also displays a wedding dress converted to mourning attire, mourning jewelry worn by local women, soldiers’ bibles, weapons, flags and more.
Junius Tinsley was a bugler for the Stonewall Brigade, killed during the Battle of Lynchburg by a cannon shell that hit the bugle. The Stonewall Brigade Band of Staunton loaned the rare bugle to the exhibit. Also featured are images and artifacts of Dr. John Terrell, Mary Forsberg, Gaston Otey, Augustus Forsberg, Dr. Edley Craighill, DeWitt Guy, Augustine Leftwich, Jr., Jenny Stabler, Martha Payne, Narcissa Owen and many others.
Museum Director Doug Harvey noted “Many of the artifacts and images in the exhibit have never been displayed in Lynchburg before and may never be again.”
on how the Civil War affected Lynchburg...
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Lynchburg Museum System is to collect, interpret, and preserve the history and material culture of Lynchburg and the surrounding area.
