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U.S. Air Force. Years of service. 1955-1957. Rank. Lieutenant. Unit. 18th Fighter Bomber Wing. Thomas Reakit Glass (May 13, 1928 – August 25, 1998) was a Virginia publisher who served from 1958 until 1965 in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the City of Lynchburg.
The News & Advance covers local news of interest to Lynchburg and its surrounding counties, a combined metropolitan area of 261,593 people as of the 2020 census.Topics commonly covered include development in and around the city; higher education, including Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, and Randolph College, nuclear technology, as the city is home to Areva and BWX Technologies ...
Fifth Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Lynchburg, Virginia. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in a historically African-American section of Lynchburg. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, with about half dating to the period ...
Sheldon Vanauken (/ vəˈnɔːkən /; [1] August 4, 1914 – October 18, 1996) was an American author, best known for his autobiographical book A Severe Mercy (1977), which recounts his and his wife's friendship with C. S. Lewis, their conversion to Christianity, and dealing with tragedy. He published a sequel in 1985 titled Under the Mercy.
Carter Glass was born on January 4, 1858, in Lynchburg, Virginia, the last child born to Robert Henry Glass and his first wife, the former Augusta Elizabeth Christian.His mother died on January 15, 1860, when Carter was only two years old, so his sister Nannie, ten years older (and Elizabeth's only daughter), became his surrogate mother.
Years of service. 1941–1945. Rank. Lieutenant colonel. Battles/wars. World War II. Robert Sidney Burruss Jr. (November 9, 1914 – June 21, 1978) was a state Senator and businessman from Lynchburg, Virginia. [1] In 1963 he became the first Republican elected to represent the area since Congressional Reconstruction.
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875 and afterwards was editor of the Lynchburg News in 1876 and of the Lynchburg Advance in 1880. Whitehead resumed practicing law and was elected commissioner of agriculture for Virginia in 1888, serving until his death on July 1, 1901 ...
The Legacy Museum of African American History was established in 1995 in Lynchburg, Virginia.Its exhibits and permanent collection focus on topics central to African American history, including the historic struggle for civil rights; business and employment; civic and social organizations; entertainment and sports; medicine and health; the Black church; the professions; political life ...