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Born and raised in the freedman's community of Freetown in Orange County, Virginia, Edna went on to become the "Grande Dame"
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Her memory is honored at the Orange Downtown Alliance annual edibleFest, for which, Phil and Susie and Ross Hunter produced a 25 minute video documentary, In the Season... The Edna Lewis Story.