Juneteenth
By Joe Stinnett
Juneteenth should resonate in Lynchburg, because the city was founded by Quakers who owned slaves but freed them in the 1780s when the faith banned enslavers from membership. Some of the former Quakers here soon became Methodists, who supported Southern slavery. Many of the local Methodists later became Confederates and had to be put down violently by the US Army in the bloodiest war in our history so that Black people could be free. Here is a list of local activities from the Legacy Museum in Lynchburg.
