The boats will travel down the James River for the next week.
Joe Stinnett
Joe Stinnett is retired editor of The News & Advance and The Roanoke Times. He is a member of the Cardinal News Journalism Advisory Committee. He lives in Lynchburg.
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Lynchburg set to honor famous educator
Josiah Holbrook, who led the Lyceum movement in the 1800s, died in the city in 1854 while collecting rocks for study.
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Celebrating the James for eight days on the river
15 batteaux launch from Lynchburg on June 18.
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Founder of controversial ‘1619 Project’ speaks in Lynchburg
Nikole Hannah-Jones says her work aims to help Americans better understand their nation’s complex history.
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Roanoke railroad history lives on down by the bay
Renovated coach headed for final resting place on Cape Charles farm.
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Founder of public education in Virginia finally gets recognition in Lynchburg
Only Richmond has more historical markers to Black History.
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‘The graveyards always look fresh’
Part II: How a 19th century movement to colonize Liberia doomed free Black families from Franklin County.
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Colonization movement doomed free Black families from Franklin County
Part I: ‘Where the complexion shall be no barrier.’
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Lynchburg hikers place evergreen tributes at WWII crash site on Bedford mountain
The wreaths honor crew of military plane that crashed at the Peaks of Otter.