RHS Essays | Rockbridge Historical Society

Groundbreaking Women: Rockbridge Women’s History Walk 2023

3 Local Women Who Made History: RHS Newspaper Series and Exhibits

Walk with the Women of Rockbridge History

Leading Ladies from Lexington: Two Progressive Era Pioneers

Women’s Histories Extend Their Reach

Women’s Suffrage Centennial 2020: Histories from Lexington, Virginia, and the United States

Eliza Bannister Walker: Social Networks, Local Activism, Poetry with Purpose

The Evolution of Memorial Days in Lexington

Part 1: Early Years, from the Wake of War

Part 2: Anchoring Confederate Memory

Part 3: African American Memorial Traditions

Celebrating Juneteenth in Lexington, 2021

“Virginia Arcadia”: Natural Bridge Exhibit in Richmond Features Rockbridge Treasures

From Work to War: RHS Witnesses the Close of WW2 with Pop-Up Exhibits, Virtual Series

Re-Visiting a Rockbridge Icon: Archer Alexander’s Journeys as a Local Slave, a Self-Emancipated War Hero, as a National Monument

Eliza Bannister Walker: Community Activist, Cultural Leader

Pierre Daura, Rockbridge Baths, Two George Washingtons: Re-Viewing History through Art

The Journeys to “Juneteenth”: 150 Years Running

Memorial Days: Origins and Evolution

V-E Day 75th Anniversary: Profiles in Rockbridge Courage & Local Veteran Memoirs

The Rockbridge Flu: RHS Looks Back, a Century Ago

Walk with the Women of Rockbridge History

Black Histories at Natural Bridge: RHS and Natural Bridge State Park Team Together for Black History Month, 2019

Re-Visiting Rockbridge, 1939: A New Year’s Journey with RHS, and “The Negro Motorist Green Book”