Museum. I am laura wilson and i am the curator here. I am going to tell you about lynchburg history. We are going to focus on transportation and manufacturing history. We are standing in the timeline gallery main courtroom of the Lynchburg Museum and our exhibit inexhibits start in 1607, honor of the 400th anniversary of the founding of virginia. At that time, lynchburg was not a town yet. The monaghan indians were here. Lynchburg was not started until the 1750s by john lynch. That is who lynchburg was named after. The whole reason the town is here is because of the james river. There was a shallow spot in the river where lynch had a fairy ferry thatd crossed over to what is now Madison Heights in amherst county. Because of the river, lynchburg history begins with transportation. Behind me, we have early examples of the boats on the river with the creation of the canal in the 1830s. The canal comes to lynchburg in 1836 and this is a model of the type of boat that wouldve been on the ri
Declaration of rights, was a delegate to the federal convention in philadelphia, but refused to sign the constitution because it did not include a bill of rights. Gunston hall. I am the education manager here. I am very excited to give you a tour today. We are standing in front of the house right now. And 1759ilt in 1755 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. Man. S a wealthy the house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. Ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. Saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up wi
Up next, we take you inside the main gallery of the Lynchburg Museum to learn more about the history of manufacturing and transportation. Welcome to the Lynchburg Museum. I am laura wilson and i am the curator here. I am going to tell you about lynchburg history. We are going to focus on transportation and manufacturing history. We are standing in the timeline gallery main courtroom of the Lynchburg Museum and our exhibit s start in 1607. Was not a town yet. The monaghan indians were here. Lynchburg was not started until the 1750s by john lynch. That is who lynchburg was named after. The whole reason the town is here is because of the james river. Crossedd a fairy that from here in downtown lynchburg over to what is now Madison Heights in amherst county. Lynchburg the river, history begins with transportation. Early me, we have examples of the boats on the river with the creation of the canal in the 1830s. The canal comes to lynchburg in 1836 and this is a model of the type of boat tha
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