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Jack-O-Lantern Trail at Booker T. Washington National Monument

Jack-O-Lantern Branch Heritage Trail In addition to the Plantation Trail, the monument provides an opportunity for a 1½ mile meandering walk through fields and forests on the Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail. The Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail, which gets its name from a creek, or “branch,” is a 1.6-mile loop trail. However, to reach it you must first hike the Plantation Trail, a Read more...
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Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library

Since 1932, the Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library has been preserving the legacy and history of Bedford County, VA. Located in the former Masonic Hall in Centertown Bedford, it features three floors of exhibits. The first floor has the gift shop, Genealogical Library and the changing exhibit room, currently featuring the legacy of Representative Lacy Putney. The Library has approximately Read more...
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Martinsville Henry County Office of Tourism

Location: 1 E. Main St. Marker Text: “Here in 1949, six all-white, all-male juries convicted seven black men of the rape of a white woman. All seven men were sentenced to death. On appeal, NAACP attorneys submitted the first petition to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that capital punishment had been disproportionately applied against African Americans in violation of the 14th Read more...
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MacCallum More Museum and Gardens

MacCallum More, Scottish for Home of the Clan, was begun in 1929 by Lucy M. Hudgins, wife of Edward W. Hudgins, former Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Listed on the Virginia Landmark Registry and the National Historic Register. The gardens feature an arboretum, herb, wildflower, rose and theme gardens, as well as, fountains and eclectic imported Read more...
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Botetourt County Courthouse

The Botetourt County Courthouse was built in 1848; it suffered a severe fire in the 1970s and was rebuilt. The plans for the courthouse that preceded this one were drawn by Thomas Jefferson.Genealogists from around the country can find original, primary source documents in the County Clerks Office located within the Courthouse. Read more...
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US Civil Rights Trail

A Self-Guided Driving Tour Through Southside Virginia. Virginia has led the nation in many ways, particularly in education. The birthplace of the free public education system our country now enjoys has its roots right here in Southside Virginia. It was here, along the sleepy back roads of a few rural counties, that today’s African Americans, Native Americans and women developed Read more...

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