Poplar Forest gets $10K tourism grant
Thomas Jeffersonâs Poplar Forest has received $10,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporationâs Recovery Marketing Leverage Program.
According to a news release from Poplar Forest, the program is âdesigned to help local and regional tourism entities attract more visitors by leveraging limited local marketing dollars through a local match of the state grant funds.â
âPoplar Forest will use the VTC Recovery Marketing Leverage grant funds to reach out to visitors throughout the Central Virginia region (Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Roanoke and Richmond) and inspire them to plan an excursion to Thomas Jeffersonâs private retreat and other historic tours and locations in Bedford and Lynchburg, promoting architectural history tours at Poplar Forest and the downtown architectural walking tour, and the ongoing landscape restoration at Poplar Forest with the garden and retreat at the Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum. These ex
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Loudoun Now
Jean Smith Brown, long time resident of Lincoln, Virginia, and community fixture in Loudoun County died January 15, 2021, after a short illness.
Jean is survived by daughter, Sara Brown, son in law, Scott Maison, and beloved grandchildren Hannah and William, all of Lincoln. She leaves behind sisters Page Smith of Georgetown, Lucy Albritton of Alabama, brother Admiral Leighton Smith of North Carolina, and nieces Page Lewis, Captain Dorothy Milbrandt, Rollins Thorpe and nephew, Leighton Smith. Jean Brown is also survived by a rich legacy of community activism, historical preservation, a deep love of Loudoun County’s rural heritage, and great hope for her future.
The old schoolhouse doesnât look like much now â weather-beaten and worn, it stood neglected for decades before an effort to save it kicked into gear two years ago, and now there also is the worrying possibility of having a landfill nearby â but it holds fond memories for Alfred L. Austin, who grew up on a Cumberland County farm 3 miles away.
âI used to get up in the morning, milk six cows, walk to school, spend the day at school, then walk home and milk six cows again,â he said. âAmong other things.â
In the era of segregation in the 1950s, school was a prized opportunity for Austin and other Black children in this section of Cumberland. The county provided a school for Black students, but it was 10 miles from Austinâs home and, without transportation, he simply couldnât attend.