At Appomattox Court House National Historical Park , exhibits tell the story of General Robert E. Lee 's surrender. Also a city with a strong cultural heritage, Lynchburg, today, is home to the Virginia School of the Arts , boasts a Fine Arts Center, a symphony orchestra and is home to five colleges, all of which offer varied arts programs. Often called the City of Churches, Lynchburg is home to more than 121 churches, from the tiny Quaker Meeting House where the city's founder and his family worshipped, to the sprawling complex that is Thomas Road Baptist Church. Lynchburg is where the internationally known running event, the Virginia Ten-Miler , is run each September during the city wide Kaleidoscope Festival , and is home to the Lynchburg Hillcats minor league baseball team. Lynchburg's Community Market , one of the oldest continually operated markets in the state and the largest heated and enclosed facility of its kind in Virginia, sponsors a special event almost every month.
Events range from craft shows to garden shows and food festivals.
The above narrative is adapted from an article on Lynchburg which appeared in the Summer 1989 edition of the Blue Ridge Digest .