Lynchburg, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, has had a prosperous history, serving as a center of trade, the home of numerous notable personages, and the site of the official end of the Civil War. Visit Appomattox Court House, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. The house and gardens of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer, the landmarked Old City Cemetery and Thomas Jefferson's retreat at Poplar Forest are also open for tours.
Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bedford and Campbell counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 9,106 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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