Cardinal Conversation: Highlighting the stories of southwest Virginia

RADIO IQ | By Fred Echols

Published July 8, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT

Important, but little known, stories from the histories of people in southwestern Virginia will be getting recognition thanks to a project being funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Two Virginia Tech professors used a $3 million grant to create an organization called Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia. Lindsey Hull has written about it for Cardinal News, and she talked with Fred Echols.

Cardinal News is a nonprofit, independent, online news organization covering southwest and Southside Virginia.