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By Richard Lykes

Special to the Rappahannock News

Carnivals and parades stir a sense of community in most people, especially in small rural settings like Rappahannock County and quaint villages like Flint Hill. Blessed with perfect weather, throngs of visitors came from all over the Piedmont to celebrate Flint Hill’s 52nd Carnival and Parade this past week. From all accounts, it was one of their best.

For some, the high attendance was the attraction of a small-town parade with beauty queens and majorettes. Others—especially the children and their fathers—were ' attracted to the flashing lights and highly-polished finishes of huge fire engines and the fas

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