Rivermont in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
James Rives Childs
(1893-1987)
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021
1. James Rives Childs Marker
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James Rives Childs. Diplomat and author J. Rives Childs lived here in his youth. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a code breaker in France. After working for the American Relief Administration in the Balkans and the Soviet Union, he began a 30-year diplomatic career in 1923. During World War II, a chargé d'affaires at the American Legation in Tangier, Morocco, Childs helped 1,200 Hungarian Jews obtain entry visas for Spanish Morocco and escape the Holocaust. He received the Medal of Freedom in 1946. Childs was later U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He wrote the textbook American Foreign Service (1948) and was an authority on 18th-century scholar and adventurer Giacomo Casanova.
Diplomat and author J. Rives Childs lived here in his youth. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a code breaker in France. After working for the American Relief Administration in the Balkans and the Soviet Union, he began a 30-year diplomatic career in 1923. During World War II, a chargé d'affaires at the American Legation in Tangier, Morocco, Childs helped 1,200 Hungarian Jews obtain entry visas for Spanish Morocco and escape the Holocaust. He received the Medal of Freedom in 1946. Childs was later U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He wrote the textbook American Foreign Service (1948) and was an authority on 18th-century scholar and adventurer Giacomo Casanova.
Erected 2018 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number Q-6-47.)
Location. 37° 25.506′ N, 79° 9.175′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Rivermont. Marker is at the intersection of Rivermont
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Avenue and J Street, on the right when traveling south on Rivermont Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 911 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg VA 24504, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021
2. James Rives Childs Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
