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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 76th birthday was observed on Sunday at The Theatre in Little Washington, with the Rev. Donald Simpkins of Flint. Hill’s Macedonia Baptist. Church serving as master of ceremonies.
After listening to one of the most moving renditions of our national anthem ever heard anywhere, Simpkins observed, “It was hard to keep my composure!”
Indeed, there were few who were not deeply moved with joy and pride among those 120 who came to celebrate
Following an invocation by the Rev. Jennings Hobson of Trinity Episcopal Church, soloist Laura Walker Nelson of Culpeper sang our national anthem a cappella to an
See CELEBRATION, Page A2
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