Historic boutique hotel built as bank

Liberty Trust Hotel, which opened in downtown Roanoke in March, has been hailed by Forbes Magazine and UK Times News

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George Kegley, “Mr. History,” Dies

George A. Kegley, a native of Wythe County, conservationist, master community volunteer and a backbone of the Roanoke Valley Historical

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Link captured image during snowstorm

A snowstorm in March 1956 delayed O. Winston Link’s eighth trip to Roanoke. In Hagerstown, Maryland, on the way to

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Dressing for the 1800’s ball

Gretchen Guidess, Textile Conservator with Colonial Williamsburg, spent a day at the History Museum of Western Virginia dressing a manikin

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Botetourt Decorative Arts Exhibit Catalog Coming

“Botetourt County: 250 +1 Years of Delight,” an exhibit tracing the history of Botetourt through its decorative arts, featured more

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Redesigned Loewy Gallery Free to Visitors

The Historical Society of Western Virginia oversees the Raymond Loewy Gallery, the only permanent U. S. gallery dedicated to the

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Link revisited his photo sites in 1980s

By Bill Arnold, Link Museum Volunteer In January 1955, New York commercial photographer O. Winston Link began an effort to

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A Look at Past Exhibit “Flood of 1985 Photography”

In 1985, Roanoke Valley photographer Tommy Firebaugh ventured into the rising floodwaters of the Flood of ’85, to visually capture

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‘Vagabonds’ Edison, Ford camped in Virginia

In the summer of 1918, four celebrities, a slew of staff, and a caravan of cars stopped in Roanoke for

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Edward Dudley, from Roanoke, was ambassador to Liberia

Historian and author Nelson Harris offers several talks of little known bits of Roanoke history. They include: The achievement of

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