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There are more elaborate Fourth of July celebrations, like the one down 1-66 in “big” Washington, but there is none with more heart and spirit than that planned for Independence Day in the First Washington.
And this year the event will mark a transition, said William Carrigan, sponsor for 26 years of the evening’s patriotic celebration and fireworks.
When Mr. Carrigan and his wife Ramona moved to Rappahannock in 1960, they continued the tradition they had begun at their former home on the Chesapeake Bay: fireworks to celebrate Independence Day with their friends and neighbors. As darkness fell and the skyrockets rose, the Carrigans noticed that traffic through Washington came to a standstill as passing motorists stopped to watch the display.
They decided that in this close-knit rural county they could no longer keep their celebration private, and invited the entire community to join them. And, in the years since, a generation of Rappahannock County youngsters has grown up observing Independence Day with a picnic dinner and fireworks on the lawn of the Carrigans’ home, Avon Hall.
Another tradition has grown up around the Carrigans’ sense of community spirit: the Washington Volunteer Fire Department has taken over sponsorship of the events during the daylight hours, and Independence Day in the First Washington has become the department’s major fundraiser.
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