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Flag Pole Dedication-Patrick County Library-July 4-2007

July 4, 2007

400th ANNIVERSARY JAMESTOWN FLAG POLE DEDICATION at Historical Museum and Patrick County Branh Library. JULY 4TH 2007 IN STUART, VA

THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAMESTOWN FLAG POLE DEDICATION TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PATRICK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND THE PATRICK COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY FRONT ENTRANCE. AFTER A GREAT RENDITION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER BY TAMMY NEWMAN AND INVOCATION BY REV. JIM CHURCHWELL SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE IN DEDICATION TO THE FOURTH OF JULY AND THE POW FLAG BEING RAISED. SOME OF THOSE SPEAKERS INCLUDED HENRY AYERS (PRESIDENT OF THE PATRICK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY), DAVID SHELEY (PRESIDENT OF THE PATRICK COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY), AND WARREN G. KING SR. (NATIONAL DIRECTOR AX-POW EAST CENTRAL REGION). News Source: WHEO 1270 radio