06/10/2026
As we approach our countryโs semiquincentennial anniversary on July 4, 2026โmarking exactly 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independenceโwe want to know what that milestone means to you.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐
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This could be a photograph, artwork, poem or a short, 350-word or less essay. Submissions are open to all ages. Your submission could appear in a special The United States of America@250 supplement appearing in the Rappahannock Record and Southside Sentinel on July 2.
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐, by email to [email protected] or [email protected]; mail to Rappahannock Record, PO Box 400, Kilmarnock 22482; or Southside Sentinel, PO Box 549, Urbanna, 23175; or drop it by the Record office, 20 North Main Street, Kilmarnock or Sentinel, 276 Virginia Street, Urbanna.
Show us your patriotism as we celebrate our countryโs birthday!