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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EM4_dr-robert-walter-johnson_Lynchburg-VA.html
The desegregation of tennis was due in large part to the efforts of Dr. R. Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson. The first African American to earn staff privileges at Lynchburg General Hospital, he also worked to overcome barriers keeping young African Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EM3_professor-frank-trigg_Lynchburg-VA.html
Frank Trigg was a leading black educator in Virginia. He was born into slavery in Richmond while his parents were personal servants of Virginia Governor John B. Floyd. After the Civil War he attended Hampton Institute, and began teaching in Abingd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EM0_old-city-cemetery_Lynchburg-VA.html
Old City Cemetery, also known as the Methodist Cemetery, was established as a public burial ground in 1806 on land donated by John Lynch, founder of Lynchburg. Mayors and other prominent civic leaders, along with the city's indigent and "strangers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELZ_chauncey-e-spencer-sr_Lynchburg-VA.html
Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr., aviation pioneer and Civil Rights activist was born in Lynchburg on 5 Nov. 1906, the son of poet Anne Spencer. He moved to Chicago and by 1934 began pursuing his pilot's license. As a charter member of the National Airmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELY_the-anne-spencer-house_Lynchburg-VA.html
This was the home of Edward Alexander and Anne Bannister Spencer from 1903 until her death on July 25, 1975. Born on February 6, 1882, in Henry County, Va. Anne Spencer was to receive national and international recognition as a poet. Published ext…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELU_virginia-university-of-lynchburg_Lynchburg-VA.html
In 1886 the Virginia Baptist State Convention founded the Lynchburg Baptist Seminary as an institution of "self-reliance," "racial pride," and "faith". It first offered classes in 1890 as the renamed Virginia Seminary. Under the direction of Grego…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GH_lynchburg-college_Lynchburg-VA.html
Lynchburg College was founded in 1903 as VirginiaChristian College by Dr. Josephus Hopwood anda group of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)clergymen and lay leaders. It is one of theearliest colleges in Virginia to be founded as acoeducational…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LO_civil-war-in-lynchburg_Lynchburg-VA.html
This was the site of a Confederate training camp and Union prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. Before Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861, the population of Lynchburg doubledwith the influx of soldiers fromother parts of the state…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12UC_kemper-street-station_Lynchburg-VA.html
The new Kemper Street Station, which opened on October 31, 1912, was one of many improvements made in Lynchburg by Southern Railway to double track its mainline between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The Rivermont Tunnel, the James River Bridge, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12U3_john-warwick-daniel_Lynchburg-VA.html
(west face)John Warwick Daniel · Born in Lynchburg, September 5, 1842 · Died in Lynchburg, June 29, 1910 · Foremost and best loved Virginian of his time.
(north face)Major in the Army of Northern Virginia, and for twenty-fo…