Downtown Staunton decked out for the 4th

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGf1jdTsdSWuEPXi14mqodp31TnOQYb8pcdY2iq388MLzW1w_8NvTEo1TlqZDofUAJQUzBnfWvnbhnt_LxQf3CDkilXIsYlTWrsgDfy1RX-gJY3N82DJ1BUuPg3VJ_0cZKDoiZB3kzfEHA/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGf1jdTsdSWuEPXi14mqodp31TnOQYb8pcdY2iq388MLzW1w_8NvTEo1TlqZDofUAJQUzBnfWvnbhnt_LxQf3CDkilXIsYlTWrsgDfy1RX-gJY3N82DJ1BUuPg3VJ_0cZKDoiZB3kzfEHA/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />July 3, 2013

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Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell July 3, 2013

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Flags flags flags on the 4th of July 2013

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s800/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="userContent">Flags flags flags ... my Air Force veteran husband displays a POW-MIA and 21 American flags every 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day. Today is perfect ... stiff breeze makes the flags fly proudly.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s800/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="userContent"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s717/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s800/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s800/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s640/5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />July 4, 2013

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  Flags flags flags ... my Air Force veteran husband displays a POW-MIA and 21 American flags every 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Veteran...

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Virginia's mowing blitz to spiff up for Independence Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7tjQQbXp8foNF5rJDQ4bSZx82BWDxapVotolwRF514bWqFBwvAdZfwY697DFxLHzHbFjtAc8yrGDE_uTU9hDAaGQBezK_4g1nD6VO7A5vNjV_lu1CL7Sa2EoF1bPS_x126b4upUJ1Sqb/s1600/VDOT+truck+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7tjQQbXp8foNF5rJDQ4bSZx82BWDxapVotolwRF514bWqFBwvAdZfwY697DFxLHzHbFjtAc8yrGDE_uTU9hDAaGQBezK_4g1nD6VO7A5vNjV_lu1CL7Sa2EoF1bPS_x126b4upUJ1Sqb/s1600/VDOT+truck+2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo from NBC-29.</i></div><br />Virginia is spiffing up the roadways for the upcoming 4th of July holiday as the Virginia Department of Transportation goes on a mowing blitz during the next week. Shoulders and medians will be mowed and trash picked up as the Commonwealth readies for America's birthday.<br /><br />Governor Bob McDonnell announced the cleanup on Tuesday, noting:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> “A clean, well-cut roadway enhances the state’s appearance for residents and visitors, but of greater importance is the effort to improve a motorist’s ability to see signs, guardrail and oncoming traffic, and to pull over during an emergency. Additional mowing will be ongoing throughout the year, but we wanted to make sure that our roads and highways are ready to welcome the public to the Commonwealth ahead of the holiday weekend.”</span></blockquote>As always, be mindful of VDOT workers who are out there beautifying the Old Dominion. They want to spend a safe Independence Day with their families, too.

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Photo from NBC-29. Virginia is spiffing up the roadways for the upcoming 4th of July holiday as the Virginia Department of Transportation go...

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