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Tuesday, January 4, 2022 11:00 AM by Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge
The Roanoke Star in Virginia's Blue Ridge is a stunning attraction with a charming history. If you've heard about Roanoke or visited, you know the Roanoke Star. But did you know it was originally created as a Christmas decoration in 1949?
Learn the history of Mill Mountain's brightest point and the sweet story of a holiday gift that keeps giving in Garden & Gun's "The Christmas Legacy of Roanoke's Mill Mountain Star" by Caroline Eubanks.
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Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge 101 Shenandoah Avenue NE Roanoke, VA 24016 (540) 342-6025 (800) 635-5535
Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge is committed to cultivating an atmosphere that welcomes and celebrates the unique backgrounds, abilities, passions, and perspectives of our vibrant community. As our region’s only destination marketing organization, we have a responsibility to showcase the best the Roanoke Region has to offer, and those assets and strengths come in varied forms. We embrace differences in race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, language, visible and invisible disabilities, and all the intersecting identities that make Virginians and visitors alike so unique. We believe our differences make us stronger– and better.
