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PRESENCE

• Location: 915 Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
• Phone: 434-528-3344
• Map: Presence Location Map
• Manager: Deedy Cleland

This has got to be the one of the nicest and most fun gift shops in Virginia. Also, Presence has a very nice assortment of gifts, greeting cards and Christmas cards and with some of the friendliness folks loaded with Southern Hospitality found anywhere. "Come on by for a look at my Funny greeting cards!" -Says, Caddylak Maxy.

A Little About Lynchburg Virginia
Cradled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge in Virginia's heartland is Lynchburg, a city that is a gracious blend of past and present.

In the mid-1750's, the colonial village of New London in central Virginia was an important trading center, however, it was difficult to reach from northern towns (such as Charlottesville) due to the necessity of fording the Fluvanna (now James) River, which passed twelve miles north of the village. John Lynch, son of land-owner Charles Lynch and Quaker Sarah Clark Lynch, decided to remedy this problem and in 1757, established a ferry service on the James a few hundred yards upstream from the ford, on property owned by his father. The ferry service remained profitable for many years and by the end of the American Revolution the village at Lynch's Ferry had itself become an important center of trade. Lynch saw the possibilities of establishing a town on the hill overlooking the ferry site and in late 1784 petitioned the General Assembly of Virginia for a town charter. In October, 1786, the charter was granted, founding the town of Lynchburg.

Things to see in Lynchburg:

• Lynchburg Museum (Lynchburg's History is here!)
• Maier Museum of Art
• Rest House Medical Museum
• The Rightmire Children's Museum
• Old Court House
• Point of Honor (Named because of the duels once fought on its lawns.)
• Classic architecture in Diamond Hill original neighborhood
• Classic architecture in Garland Hill original neighborhood
• Classic architecture in Daniel's Hill original neighborhood
• Classic architecture in Federal Hill original neighborhood
• Poplar Forest (Thomas Jefferson's retreat home! )
• Miller-Claytor House
• OLd City Cemetery
• Fort Early
• Virginia School of the Arts
• Old Quaker Meeting House
• The Lynchburg Symphony
• Riverview's Artspace
• Ellington Playhouse
• The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
• Legacy Museum
• Virginia University of Lynchburg
• Lynchburg College
• Liberty University
• Lynchburg Public Library
• Jones Memorial Library (Regional History and Genealogy)