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Commemoration of the 9/11 Attack on America, Culpeper, Va
Culpeper County Volunteer Rescue Squad
1121 North Main St.
Culpeper, VA 22701

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 8:15 AM EDT
Category: CHAPTER SPONSORED EVENT
September 11th, 2024, Wednesday – Commemoration of the 9/11 Attack on America, Culpeper, VA
Event Level: National (Massing of the Colors)
Host/POC: Culpeper Minutemen Chapter VASSAR / Bill Schwetke.
Location: Fire Station, 1121 North Main St, Culpeper, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: B.Schwetke.
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Details: No wreaths - No musket firing - just four presentations of the Colors.
We would like individual color guards of four to five compatriots (we can mix chapters), with two or three flags made up of US and one or both of Virginia & Chapter Flags, flanked by two compatriots with weapons.  We will not fire the firelocks.  We expect to be joined by, at a minimum, the American Legion, VFW, Culpeper Fire Department, Culpeper Sheriff's Dept, Culpeper Police Dept, and the Virginia Defense Force Mounted Color Guard.
Monday, 11 Sep, Color Guard first musters at 8:15 am, in front of the Culpeper Volunteer Fire Department,  153 West Davis Street, Culpeper, VA, then sequences through the following schedule, starting promptly at the listed time, which you may join or leave at any point (click here for graphics: map):
08:46 - Fire Department
09:03 - On the Courthouse Green (across from the Fire Department)
09:37 - Wine Street Military Memorial
10:03 - Intersection of Davis and Main
 (The times are the impact times of the four planes on 9-11-2001.)
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: B.Schwetke.    RCL