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Watercolors Reveal Early Canal Life: How One Painter Helped Inform Our Canal Plan

In the collection of the Maryland Historical Society are 52 watercolor paintings by John Louis Wellington (1878-1965). Although not much is known about the Cumberland, Maryland native, Wellington’s watercolors captured many types of scenes along the C&O Canal in the early part of the 20th century. While there are many landscapes - or should we say canalscapes - showing bridges…

Why the fight over New Haven’s Christopher Columbus statue continues

Columbus monument may hold secrets of 1892; committee to determine replacement

NEW HAVEN — Mayor Justin Elicker announced Monday that a committee, composed of Italian-American groups and others, will decide what will replace the statue of Christopher Columbus in Wooster Square. The base of the statue, however, may reveal what the Italian immigrants of almost 128 years ago thought about the statue and their life in New Haven…

History May Lie Under Columbus Pedestal

As the debate rages on about this week’s removal of the Columbus Monument in Wooster Square—and what to replace it with—yet another voice may soon emerge. It belongs to the people who raised the money and erected the Columbus statue—if you believe that Italian and Spanish coins, along with Italian-language newspapers from October 1892 constitute a “voice.” Those items are contained in a time capsule inserted within the concrete of one of the cornerstones of the statue…

Diversity of Voices Essential for Public Art History

Talk Back: Responses to “Isn’t It Time for Art History to Go Public?” Derrick R. Cartwright, Jayne Cole, Laura A. Macaluso, Kelli Morgan In the fall of 2019, we solicited responses to our Bully Pulpit, “Isn’t It Time for Art History to Go Public?” guest-edited by Laura M. Holzman. Please click on the titles below to go directly to those responses…

City Needs to Discuss Monuments

In a statement released by Lynchburg Mayor Treney Tweedy on June 4, Tweedy uses the Lynchburg Museum’s “Five Forks Battle Flag: A Community Perspective” exhibit from January of this year as crutch to deflect from addressing the monument question, which last week took another turn in Virginia with the removal of a Confederate monument in Alexandria…

Writes of Spring: Spring Nature Diary 2020

“Spring comes … as though this island were its natural home, as though this small green platform on the edge of the Atlantic was the original spawning ground of the season.” Laurie Lee The first day of spring marks a turning point in the year, bringing the promise of new life and longer warmer days…

Point of Honor secures partial funding for new education center

By Sarah Honosky shonosky@newsadvance.com Dec 23, 2019 A view of the exterior of Point of Honor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The long-awaited expansion of Point of Honor is taking new strides, securing $28,000 in grant money in the past month alone. Since 2013, there have been talks of a new education center for the historic Lynchburg home…

Paul Wayland Bartlett’s Lafayette on Horseback

VSA 2019…

Point of Honor brings enslaved perspective to house tour in first-ever presentation at Lynchburg historic site

At Point of Honor, the house tour always has started at the front door. And why wouldn’t it? A lush green lawn frames the two-story Federal mansion’s main entrance, classic red brick and white trim inviting visitors into the historic Lynchburg home. It’s the way things always have been done, Director of the Lynchburg Museum System Ted Delaney said…