Historical Links

Vast resources dealing with Virginia and Bedford history can be found by following the links below.  

Archeological Society of Virginia - http://www.asv-archeology.org/

Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce - http://www.bedfordareachamber.com

Town of Bedford Home Page - http://www.bedfordva.gov

Bedford County Home Page - http://www.co.bedford.va.us

Bedford Main Street - http://www.centertownbedford.com

Bedford Visitor's Center - http://www.visitbedford.com

The National D-Day Memorial Foundation - http://www.dday.org

Daughters of the American Revolution - http://www.dar.org

The Natioal Trust for Historic Preservation - http://www.preservationnation.org

Preservation Directory - http://www.preservationdirectory.com

Preservation Virginia - http://www.preservationvirginia.org

Sons of Confederate Veterans - http://www.scv.org

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division - http://www.scvva.org/

The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs at the University of Virginia - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/jdavis/

Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest - http://www.poplarforest.org

United Daughters of the Confederacy - http://www.hqudc.org

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Virginia Division - http://www.vaudc.org/

Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/

Virginia Genealogical Society - http://www.vgs.org

Virginia Historical Society - http://www.vahistorical.org

Lynchburg Historic Tours - http://www.lynchburgtours.com

Places of interest in Bedford

Many of the places below are open to the public for guided tours and offer much in the way of history in and around Bedford.

Poplar Forest

Jefferson National Forest

Historic Avenel

Johnson's Farm (Peaks of Otter)

Blue Ridge Parkway (small museum at Peaks of Otter)

Polly's Ordinary

Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library

Booker T. Washington National Monument

The National D-Day Memorial

Bedford Historic Meeting House

Thomas Chapel

St. Stephens Episcopal Church

New London Academy

Historic Bedford Walking Tour