Lynchburg
Americannoun
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The “country editor,” as the Lynchburg, Va., native styled himself, was elected to Congress in 1902, later becoming the chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“That’s our genre,” he said in a 2011 interview with the News and Advance in Lynchburg, Va., near his home on a 362-acre horse farm.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
In her poems, Brown, who has cerebral palsy, wrestles with the reality of being raised in the shadow of one of the infamous eugenics hospital founded by DeJarnette in Lynchburg, VA.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024
Fariss — of Campbell County, just outside of Lynchburg — was convicted of a less serious charge of improper driving and ordered to pay a $500 fine.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024
In August 1924, a few months after she arrived in Lynchburg, Carrie Buck was asked to appear before the Board of the Colony at the request of Dr. Albert Priddy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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