Long legacy: Family history fuels fight against pipeline in Nelson County


Nelson County native Rev. James Rose stands in a cemetery on land owned by his great-grandfather. He and other members of his extended family now own that divided parcel, and several of their properties lie in the path of Dominion’s planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Photo: Rammelkamp Photo

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