From Virginia-
Each year, Graham Historical Society members take fourth-grade students on a tour of Bluefield, Va., with stops at various places where history was made. The stops include the New Deal era Post Office building with its tempera mural painting, “Coal Mining” (1942) by Richard Kenah, as well as the Linkous House.
Through the years, one of the favorite stops along the way has been the sanctuary of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Logan Street. In recent years, Father Russell Hatfield, pastor of St. Mary’s, has had the honor of telling the story of the Robert E. Lee pulpit and explaining to the students how the town of Bluefield, Va., came to possess such an interesting artifact.
“The church was built in 1910 by Italian stone masons who came to the area to build bridges for the railroad,” Hatfield said. “Somebody who was associated with this church knew someone at Robert E. Lee Memorial Church in Lexington, Va.
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http://bdtonline.com/local/x1663462610/Robert-E-Lee-pulpit-attracts-historians-to-St-Mary-s-Episcopal-Church-since-1910
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