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Lynchburg VA Tourist Attractions

Lynchburg VA Tourist Attractions

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Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum
Lynchburg, Virginia USA

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Enlarge	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park National Park Category: Appomattox National Park near Lynchburg, Virginia User Rating: Description of this Lynchburg area Attraction: Walk the old country lanes where Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865. Imagine the events that signaled the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. The National Park encompasses approximately 1800 acres of rolling hills in rural central Virginia. The site includes the McLean home (surrender site) and the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the former county seat for Appomattox County. The site also has the home and burial place of Joel Sweeney - the popularizer of the modern five string banjo. There are twenty seven original 19th century structures on the site.
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Enlarge	Natural Bridge Zoo Natural Bridge Zoo the most complete animal collection in VA Category: Natural Bridge Zoo near Lynchburg, Virginia Description of this Lynchburg area Attraction: The Natural Bridge Zoo offers the chance to see and learn about animals, particularly a number of threatened and endangered species. What better way to learn than hands on encounters, pictures with Baby Tigers are offered Memorial Day through Labor Day. Enjoy an African Elephant Ride. Encounter Mountain Lions, White Tigers, Asiatic Bears, Zebra, and more than 7 various species of Monkeys. Feed a herd of Giraffe, camels, donkeys, pigs, deer, goats, and many more. Hundreds of animals to feed, pet, and photograph. Get ready for Wild Encounters of the Closest Kind with the Most Complete collection of animals in the state of Virginia. The zoo is 12 miles south of Lexington on Route 11, also off I-81 exits 180-A or 175, and is open Mid-March through the end of November. www.naturalbridgezoo.com 540-291-2420
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Enlarge	Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum 200-year old cemetery and historic 19th-century arboretum Category: Lynchburg Historic Site in Virginia Description of this Lynchburg Attraction: The Old City Cemetery of Lynchburg, Virginia, has been completely rehabilitated in the past 12 years from a neglected storm-ravaged inner-city public graveyard to one of the city's leading visitor destinations, welcoming over 20,000 tourists, scholars and gardeners annually. In replanting the 26-acre site, only trees, shrubs, roses, daffodils, and herbs were used which would have been planted by a grieving family in the 19th century when the cemetery was in most active use. The result is a step back in time to when grandmother's favorite rose or the acorn from the big oak was the only family gravemarker. Three-fourths of the 20,000 burials are African or Native American; one-third are infants and small children. Only one person in five has a marker, but horticultural symbolism was plentiful and evident in many of their plantings and carvings. Creative interpretation and maintenance include "grave-gardeners," "archaeological" goats, honeybees, companion planting, composting, and the scythed effect of seldom cut grass. An annual Antique Rose Festival, sale of thousands of rooted rose cuttings, a 22-page Horticulture Guide, and guided tours and programs all bring the site back to life. Reading the landscape, whether the sunken graves, the family plots outlined in daffodils or the gnarled trees supporting tipsy tombstones, reflects the culture, the life and times of those buried there.
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Enlarge	Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Thomas Jefferson's plantation and secluded retreat home. Category: Lynchburg Historic Site in Virginia Description of this Lynchburg Attraction: Poplar Forest is Thomas Jefferson's plantation and secluded retreat home, now a National Historic Landmark. Designed during the second term of his presidency, Jefferson sojourned to Poplar Forest in his retirement to find rest and leisure, rekindle his creativity, spend time with his grandchildren and escape the crowds at Monticello. Undergoing award-winning restoration and archaeology, Poplar Forest offers tours and special events.
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Enlarge	Academy of Fine Arts Theatre Arts and Arts Education Category: Lynchburg Culture in Virginia Description of this Lynchburg Attraction: The Academy of Fine Arts offers the greatest opportunity Lynchburg has ever seen to develop a first-rate cultural arts complex. Together with its two ancillary buildings, the Academy will offer a broad range of educational, social and entertainment opportunities to area citizens. Most importantly, the complex promises to be a magnificent anchor for a newly revitalized historic downtown, and a catalyst for continuing economic prosperity for Central Virginia.
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