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50 Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1973
Two Lexington college students completed a cross country trek on their bicycles traveling over 3,000 miles from Lexington to San Francisco. - Several thousand people thronged Glen Maury Park for the annual Labor Day celebration. An estimated 7,000 people came out for the event, despite the soaring temperatures and thunder storms. - The Rotary Club was seeking public opinion and support for a Lexington city flag designed by David Dickens. The plan was to first display the flag at the Christmas parade.
20 Years Ago
Sept. 10, 2003
Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel delivered a speech at Virginia Military Institute’s Cameron Hall. - Plans to establish a rescue squad in Effinger were approved by the Rockbridge Board of Supervisors.
- Lexington City Council adopted a resolution passed earlier by 24 other local governing bodies along Interstate 81 calling on VDOT to pursue rail as a major component in plans to reduce tractor-trailer traffic on I-81.
