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The Stars and Stripes floated bright and challenging in the Independence Day parade of flag bedecked cars and marchers in Amissville on Saturday afternoon. With old fashioned emphasis on patriotism and the national emblem, the planned celebration of the Citizenship and Patriotism committee of the local Ruritan Club began at the firehall and proceeded to the show ring on the carnival grounds.
The pageantry of the occasion began to develop as individual Ruritan member marchers proceeded around the ring placing his flag standard in sockets provided on each post. This formed an impressive semi-circle of 40, 5x8 foot flags, as high overhead an even larger emblem floated from the flagpole. To the right facing the speaker’s stand, the Vint Hill Honor Guard stood; to the left were the American Legion of Culpeper, and the Amissville Boy Scouts stood in between.
Following a brief welcome, H. R. Terhune called upon the Rev. Gordon George of Culpeper to offer the invocation. Boy Scout Stanley Settle led the crowd in a salute to the flag, with recording artist, Sam Lanham leading the singing of “America.” The honoring of the flag continued with a modified retreat ceremony. As the Vint Hill Honor Guard stood at attention, the Amissville Boy Scouts lowered and folded the flag as again the crowd joined Mr. Lanham in singing the “Star Spangled Banner.”
The marshal of the parade, Newbill Miller, was introduced and drew applause as he appeared to the young people of the day to demonstrate in a positive manner toward the institutions of the
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