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By LISA G. CURRIE

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

The Town of Washington is putting on its red, white and blue as it prepares for the annual Fourth of July celebration.

Sponsored by the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and the Town Council, Fourth of July festivities begin early in the day and last until the last fireworks barrage explodes high above the pond at Avon Hall.

Events, beginning at 10 a.m., are accented with a pre-revolutionary flavor by the ladies and gents in period dress, a reading of the Declaration of Independence at noon on the Washiijgton Court House steps, horse and buggy rides amid the historic brick and cobblestone in a

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