September 19, 2015
Pressing Matters - Transforming Living Plants into Permanent Resources
3:00 pm $10 per person, Members Free
Point of Honor, 112 Cabell Street, Lynchburg, VA
Dr. Nancy Cowden, Curator of the Herbarium, Lynchburg College will hold a workshop at Point of Honor Carriage House on how to press plants and save them. Refreshments follow.
October 3, 2015
Day at the Point
10:00 am to 4:00 pm FREE
Point of Honor, 112 Cabell Street, Lynchburg, VA
Join us for the 18th Annual Day at the Point celebrating Point of Honor's 200th year! This annual fall festival will bring living history, food, kid's games, cider making and tasting, crafts, period music, and much more to the grounds! A rare Piedmont auto made in Lynchburg in 1919 will be featured!
October 22, 2015
The James River Squadron: A Short History of the Confederacy's Capital Navy
3:00 pm $10 per person, Members FREE
Lynchburg Museum, 901 Court Street, Lynchburg, VA
Dr. John Coski, Historian, The American Civil War Museum, will speak on the James River Confederate Navy Squadron and the naval war along the James.
Exhibit tour and refreshments follow.
Hours: The Museum and Point of Honor are open Monday through Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Sunday noon to 4:00 pm. Both sites are closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Tours & Special Programs: To make reservations, contact Whitney Roberts, Museum Educator whitney.roberts@lynchburgva.gov or 434-455-6226
The Lynchburg Museum at the Old Court House.
Meet the people, stories, and tangible memories of Lynchburg and Central Virginia. Civil War, railroads, quilts, historic photographs, and much more! Experience The James River exhibit through December 2015.
Point of Honor
A 200 year old plantation home built by Dr. George Cabell that illuminates life in antebellum Lynchburg. Early medicine exhibit, orientation film, period furnishings, tours, gift shop, and more!
