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Rappahannock and elsewhere gathered on an overcast day to reopen the Scrabble School - a school established in 1921 as a result of the Washington/Rosenwald partnership to provide education for black children who otherwise would have none. The school provided education for grades one through seven.

The re-dedicated Scrabble School is now a community center for seniors and an African American heritage center.

The poignant dedication ceremony included the singing of the national anthem by Nan Butler

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