The News & Advance is pleased to announce a new hardcover coffee-table book: “Central Virginia Memories: A Photographic History of the mid-1800s through the 1930s.”

This beautiful, heirloom-quality book will feature a glimpse of Central Virginia (Lynchburg and counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell) from the mid-1800s to 1939 through stunning historic photos. We are pleased to partner with these local organizations: Appomattox County Historical Society,
Avoca Museum, Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library, Sweet Briar College, Amherst County Museum and Historical Society, Legacy Museum of African American History and Jones Memorial Library. In addition, we are thrilled to include photos from our readers in this unique hardcover book.