Editor’s note: The following review of Ty Seidule’s new book “Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause” is written by former Lexington resident Henry J. Foresman Jr.
Leah Naomi Green, visiting assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee Uni versity, will receive the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from St. Mary’s College of Maryland on March 1.
Kyle Kendall, a senior at Rockbridge County High School and a resident of Lexington, has been nominated by Congressman Ben Cline to join the class of 2025 at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Rockbridge Camera Club member Sara Coffey took this self-portrait as part of the club’s 365/52 Photo Challenge. The challenge, open to everyone in the community, is to take at least a photo every day with any camera or phone. At the end of each week (Saturday), residents are invited to select one photo they have taken and email it to rockcameraclub@gmail.com. Submitted photos will be displayed on the club’s webpage. For more information, call Ellen Martin at 464-5687.
The COVID-19 pandemic made traditional volunteering through the University of Mount Union’s Regula Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement undoubtedly difficult. Yet, 196 individuals participated in at least one of seven unique community service initiatives during the university’s fall 2020 semester.
Mission Next Door, a local home repair ministry, recently completed its 200th project in the 13 years since it was conceived by members of a multichurch task force returning from a mission trip to Mississippi.
Washington and Lee University invites listeners to tune into a new episode of “W&L After Class: The Lifelong Learning Podcast,” featuring Brian Murchison, director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics at Washington and Lee University and Rowe Professor of Law at the W&L School of Law.
