Independence Day Commemoration at Historic Pohick Church

​On July 4, the Rev. Thomas Costa, portraying Parson Lee Massey, colonial Rector of Historic Pohick Church and a Patriot of the American Revolution, read the Declaration of Independence from the pulpit of historic Pohick Church.  This is the same church that George Washington and George Mason served as vestrymen.   It is fitting too that the remains of Parson Massey were reinterred under that very pulpit in the early 1900s.  115 were in attendance, which is a large increase in attendance over last year’s Independence Day observation at Pohick.     Compatriot Paul Walden served as usher and bell ringer, and introduced Parson Massey.  Compatriot Dick Hamly, a docent at Pohick Church, then gave tours to visitors after the service.    Submitted by Paul Walden