Virginia Archives - Page 11 of 30

Open this skyscraper or I’ll jump!

The grand opening of Lynchburg, VA’s first true skyscraper had a last minute political twist changed the Oppenmeyer Tower’s fate forever.

And Rover’s efficiency for killing snakes? No member of our family ever was bitten by any kind of a snake in all of the years living there.

In June 1929, First Lady Louann Hoover refused to invite black Congressman Oscar De Priest’s wife to the White House for tea with others.

Today, in our town, one of our grand old Confederate veterans passed the 96th milestone of his journey through this ever-changing world.

Groceries were from all different places. Some I bought from wholesale grocers in Stanton. Some from different places in this state.

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