More than 100 people gathered at Miller Park in Lynchburg on July 17 for a march to protest the policies of the Trump administration and honor the legacy of the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.

The “Good Trouble Lives On” day of action in Lynchburg and across the country coincided with the fifth anniversary of Lewis’ death. The Hill City events were organized by Indivisible Lynchburg, a national progressive group that was founded after President Donald Trump won election to his first term in 2016.

In December 2019, Lewis coined the term “good trouble” at the opening of an exhibition at the Library of Congress about civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “She inspired us to … get in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble,” he said at the event.

In Lynchburg, the “Good Tro

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