Lyh250

07/17/2026

06/30/2026

"A Good and Pleasant Company" is in the hands of students of all ages thanks to the generosity of the The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation and the support of our friends and neighbors who have purchased the book and shared it with others. Thanks to the efforts of the LYH250 Committee, so many important people will be known and remembered. People like Frank Padget, an enslaved boatman who saved lives before losing his own in the flooded James River. And Elizabeth Langhorne Lewis Otey who fought for women's suffrage right here in the Hill City! Curious minds can now brush shoulders with two hundred and fifty men and women, some of whom are well known and others who have never before been immortalized in print, for a glimpse into times gone by.

05/26/2026

For those of you who have been asking, the wait is over! Givens Books Little Dickens , one of our amazing local partners, has received their books and “A Good and Pleasant Company” will be in the shelves very soon so go and check it out! Other places you’ll find the book include the Lynchburg Museum System and Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum, as well as online at the Lynchburg Historical Foundation website www.lynchburghistoricalfoundation.org

We’re so proud of this project, what a great way to celebrate 250 years!!

05/15/2026

With Givens Books Little Dickens – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/13/2026

A project LYH250 has been working on for over a year has finally come to a beautiful completion! The book, "A Good and Pleasant Company," has arrived at the LYH Lynchburg Historical Foundation headquarters and is ready for distribution! This book represents the combined efforts of over 60 contributing authors and researchers, plus hours of editing and structuring thanks to Drs. Clifton and Dorothy Bundy Potter. It looks even better than I imagined it would thanks to Blackwell Press. And another special thanks goes out to Nancy Young, who has championed this book everywhere she's gone, collecting orders and donations along the way. A whole community has rallied around this project and it's really incredible to see. The stories captured in these pages are stories that deserve to be told, and we're so glad we get to share them with you.

If you pre-ordered this book, then it's available for you to pick up and you should be receiving an email with instructions on how to accomplish that. If you have NOT ordered it, it will soon be available for purchase around town at Givens Books Little Dickens, and a few other locations. I'll put out a list very soon.
America250 VA250 - American Revolution 250 Commission

04/17/2026

Free Event this weekend join in. Refreshments, great seminar. School of Business, free parking.

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Join Liberty University for a multidisciplinary academic conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.