Directed By: Kyle Lawhorn

Old City Cemetery (October, 2020)

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These tours are given in the month of October by candle light and feature local actors playing historical members of Lynchburg Virginia, many of whom are buried in the cemetery. The characters change every season and span across many historical time periods. 

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This season was professionally filmed for accessibility due to Covid.

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The character's of the 2022 season include:

​    Armistead Beckham: a three year old Civil War refugee who died in Lynchburg. He is played by an older gentlemen.

​   Virginia Randolph and Lugie Ferguson: two African American suffragrattes and the first African American Women to vote in the             1920 election in Lynchburg. 

​    Susan Blackford: a Civil War woman who worked to nurse soldiers back to health. 

​    Lt. Francis Grey: a Revolutionary War soldier.

​    Phillip Morgan: a local shoe shiner.

​    A skit about John Murray's murder in 1901.

​    A Scottish Blacksmith who traveled to Lynchburg from Scotland. 

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All of the Tour Guides were also people who had been buried in the cemetery and each had their own unique story and costume. as well 

 

Pieces constructed by designer include: Armistead Beckham's coat, Edwardian Riding Coat in the Murry skit.

 

All show photos credited to LuAnn Hunt Photography. 

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