Revisiting the Fight to Save Sweet Briar College

On Sunday, March 5^th at 2:30 p.m., at the Amherst County Museum and Historical Society, Sweet Briar Alumna and author of The Spirit of Sweet Briar: How Love and Determination Saved Our Alma Mater, Becky Lambert, and Amherst County Attorney, Ellen Bowyer, who filed the lawsuit seeking to halt the closure, will revisit the roles they played during those four tumultuous months leading up to Judge Updike's ruling that prevented the closure of Sweet Briar College.
 
In February 2015, the Board of Directors of Sweet Briar College voted to close the College in August of that same year. On March 3, 2015, the decision was announced publicly, and the College and community reacted with shock, mortification and heartbreak. Becky Lambert started photographing as the event unfolded, and continued until the triumphal settlement in Judge Updike’s court on June 22, 2015. Ms. Lambert published a compendium of her photographs in November 2016, with commentary. County Attorney Bowyer prepared and delivered the case.
This visual presentation will leave you inspired by the sheer amount of work that was accomplished in such a short period of time because Amherst County, the Sweet Briar community, and Friends of Sweet Briar College believed in the importance of Indiana Fletcher Williams' legacy and refused anything less than the perpetuity she requested.
 
The Program is made possible by The Greater Lynchburg Community Trust.

The Amherst County Museum and Historical Society is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to discover, collect and preserve objects related to the history and genealogy of Amherst County. The society exhibits, interprets and offers its collections to provide educational experiences for people of all ages.
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