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One Year in Roanoke: 1934

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and Sixth District Congressman Clifton Alexander Woodrum rode in a Packard Phaeton to the V.A. dedication ceremony.

One Year in Roanoke: 1961

Virginia’s first enclosed, air-conditioned mall opened 50 years ago this July.

One Year in Roanoke: 1915

Burrell Memorial Hospital opens to serve Roanoke’s African-American community.

One Year in Roanoke: 1948

After a 60-year run that began with mule power, the age of the Roanoke streetcar came to an end.

One Year in Roanoke: 1926

Memorial Bridge was dedicated, but not until after protests by veterans that it was merely a city improvement rather than a true memorial.

Gus Welch

QB, Coach, Army Captain, Lawyer, Victim, Hero

1952: It Was a Good Year

There’s a classic rites-of-spring tie between the valley in ’52 and the valley today: baseball!

1968: Salem Steps Forward

You could ask Salem – pick any resident – and the overall view would likely be that every year is a big year for Salem.

1984: Roanoke’s “Great Trial”

There’s a website from the University of Missouri Law School that documents the great trials in the history of the world – from those of Socrates and Jesus to more modern-day proceedings, such as those involving O.J. Simpson and Timothy McVey.

Roanoke in 1928

Julian Stanley Wise, acting on a boyhood trauma along the Roanoke River, founded the nation’s first rescue squad.

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One Year in Roanoke 1934

One Year in Roanoke: 1934

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and Sixth District Congressman Clifton Alexander Woodrum rode in a Packard Phaeton to the V.A. dedication ceremony.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1961

Virginia’s first enclosed, air-conditioned mall opened 50 years ago this July.
9b43514c-dae3-11e1-b7d8-1231394043be-1915--Main--Burrell

One Year in Roanoke: 1915

Burrell Memorial Hospital opens to serve Roanoke’s African-American community.
9b42a8b4-dae3-11e1-9eaf-1231394043be-1948---Main-Photo

One Year in Roanoke: 1948

After a 60-year run that began with mule power, the age of the Roanoke streetcar came to an end.
One Year in Roanoke 1926

One Year in Roanoke: 1926

Memorial Bridge was dedicated, but not until after protests by veterans that it was merely a city improvement rather than a true memorial.
At Randolph Macon, teams under Gus Welch became among the first to travel to games by bus.

Gus Welch

QB, Coach, Army Captain, Lawyer, Victim, Hero

1952: It Was a Good Year

There’s a classic rites-of-spring tie between the valley in ’52 and the valley today: baseball!

1968: Salem Steps Forward

You could ask Salem – pick any resident – and the overall view would likely be that every year is a big year for Salem.

1984: Roanoke’s “Great Trial”

There’s a website from the University of Missouri Law School that documents the great trials in the history of the world – from those of Socrates and Jesus to more modern-day proceedings, such as those involving O.J. Simpson and Timothy McVey.
Julian Wise's life saving and rescue squad began with a vehicle donated by a funeral home.

Roanoke in 1928

Julian Stanley Wise, acting on a boyhood trauma along the Roanoke River, founded the nation’s first rescue squad.
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