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

Inscription. 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.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Government & Politics • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 37° 25.506′ N, 79° 9.175′ W.

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Marker is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Rivermont. It is at the intersection of Rivermont 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Inner Defenses 1864 (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Point of Honor (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jacob E. Yoder (approx. 0.6 miles away); Point Of Honor (approx. 0.6 miles away); Douglas Southall Freeman (approx. 0.6 miles away); Allen Weir Freeman, M.D. (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021

2. James Rives Childs Marker

(approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Point of Honor (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

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 633 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.