Col. James Wood II Chapter Conducts Flag Raising Ceremony, Middletown, VA

​On 9 August 2020, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution conducted a Color Guard Workshop and then a Flag Raising Ceremony at the Wayside Inn, Middletown, Virginia.  The Wayside Inn provided a great place for the workshop.  Since 1797, is has been the oldest and longest continuously run inn, in the United States.  The oldest part - "Summer Kitchen" - was built as a waystation and stagecoach stope in 1742, along with the well that watered the town.  The Chapter conducted training in procedures for color guard activities and then conducted a flag raising ceremony for the inn.  The color guard was represented by Marc Robinson, Bill Schwetke, Erick Moore, Clay Robinson, Dennis Parmeter, Sean Carrigan and Brett Osborn.  Doug Hall played drums to provide a cadence.  Dale Corey and George Reeves (owner of the Wayside Inn) ceremoniously raised a new flag.  Pictured in the first picture are left to right the color guard marching into position.  Second picture is the guard at present arms for the raising of the flag.
 
Submitted by Dale Corey