>>Exhibit: Baseball in the Hill City Coming to Lynchburg Museum
(Lynchburg, VA) -- The history of baseball in the Hill City is the focus of an upcoming exhibit at the Lynchburg Museum. Rebecca Hughes with more.Preview: Voicer Script:
The upcoming exhibit will feature many interesting pictures and reminders of the all-American pasttime but one artifact stands out from the pack - a Jackie Robinson signed scorecard from a game he played in Lynchburg. The nonprofit Whirlwind Johnson Foundation is loaning the scorecard to the museum after it was found in the home of Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson, a Lynchburg legend. WSLS reports Johnson was a prominent physician and Lynchburg community leader, but he is best remembered as the man instrumental to the integration of professional tennis. Other signatures on the scorecard include those of Roy Campanella, Joe Black, and Braves’ Sam Jethroe. The exhibit opens June 3rd.