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Memorial Day
Parade Program
2015
Monday, May 25, 2015Falls Church, Virginia
Inside This Program:Page S-2 Memorial Day SchedulePage S-3
Letter from the MayorPage S-5 Parade King & QueenPage S-7
Parade Grand MarshalPage S-8 Memorial Day Vendor ListPage S-9
Parade & Festival MapPage S-10 Veterans Ceremony
InformationPage S-15 Official 2015 Parade Lineup
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To all who come to the City of Falls Church to celebrate and
commemorate Memorial Day with our most elaborate festival of the
year, welcome! This goes for all the locals and especially our
visi-tors on this day.
We are immensely proud of our city, and invite you to learn more
about it while you are here. You are reading a special supplement
to our weekly newspaper that serves Falls Church, with its 11,400
citizens, and its Northern Virginia environs.
Falls Church enjoys an unparalleled quality of life, superb
schools, wonderful public services including a magnificent library,
friendly merchants, and incredibly active and accessible
participatory government and, yes, a terrific newspaper.
It youve ever considered residing, shopping or doing business in
Falls Church, let us invite you to linger beyond the end of the
Memorial Day parade and mosey around a bit. Were sure youll like
what you see.
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diversity. It makes a point of wel-coming all who come to visit or
live, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability,
sexual orientation or gender identity. We want you in Falls
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9 a.m.-5 p.m. Amusements for Children Cherry Hill Park: moon
bounces, pony and train rides, and more!
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tours of 164-Year-Old Cherry Hill Farmhouse
11 a.m. Veterans Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Community
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Avenue & Little Falls Street
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MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015 | PAGE S-3FALLS CHURCH
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Harry E. Wells Building, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia
22046-3332 www.fallschurchva.gov
Welcome from the Mayor of the City of Falls Church Welcome to
the City of Falls Churchs annual Memorial Day festivities. We are
delighted that you can join us on this special day. For almost one
hundred and fifty years, Memorial Day has been observed as a day of
remembrance for those who have fallen in service of our country. It
is only because of these men and women that we are able to gather
here together today, exercising the privileges of living in a free
society, and mindful of the responsibilities that come along with
it. Let us never forget their sacrifice.
Please take the opportunity to join me for the Veterans Ceremony
at 11 a.m. outside the Community Center to honor our veterans and
recognize those who continue to serve in our armed forces. Anthony
H. Griffin will serve as keynote speaker. Some of you may remember
this Marine Corps veteran as our former Falls Church City Manager
from 1983-1989, and as the former Fairfax County Executive from
1999-2011. I look forward to hearing his remarks and those of the
other speakers. At 2 p.m., join us for the annual Memorial Day
parade. Our Grand Marshal is Sergeant Steve Rau, who served as the
beloved School Resource Officer until his promotion last year.
Don't forget to read Steve's profile featured in this edition of
the News-Press.Finally, please remember to take a moment to thank
the servicemen and servicewomen who protect our country.
We are honored that you are spending the day in our Little
City.
P. David Tarter, Mayor City of Falls Church, Virginia
Welcome to the City of Falls Churchs Annual Memorial Day Parade
and Festival. We are delighted that you can join us on this special
day.
Since 1868, communities, towns and villages, throughout America
have come together to place flowers and flags on the graves of
those who have given their lives for our country. Despite this long
tradition, it is easy to forget what Memorial Day is really about.
To paraphrase Franklin Roosevelt, after having long enjoyed such
privileges as we enjoy, we forget in time those who have died to
win them.For this reason, I invite you all to pause, remember, and
honor these brave heroes, men and women of the Air Force, Navy,
Army and Marines, who made the ultimate sacri-fice defending and
supporting our great country, its interests and its ideals. Reflect
on the proud history of service of our own Little City, as
demonstrated by the names of native sons and daughters displayed on
the plaque at the Community Center.
Please join us at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial outside the
Community Center to honor these brave men and women and to
recognize those who continue to serve. Fol-lowing that, the Parade
will begin at 2 p.m. with longtime residents Barry and Kathy
Buschow serving as Grand Marshals.
Thank you for choosing to spend this special day with us here in
the Little City.
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The two Falls Church City natives and soon-to-be George Mason
High School grads who were named Mr. and Ms. Mason said they were
nominated, as tra-dition goes, by their teachers to compete in the
faux beauty pag-eant.
But Constance also said he competed to uphold the tradi-tion of
his two older sisters, who competed and won the Mr. and Ms. Mason
competition in recent years. And Miller said that she had to
overcome some stage fright in order to give her pageant-winning
performance this year.
The duo sat down with the News-Press to talk about the Mr. and
Ms. Mason competition, their Memorial Day and Mason memo-ries and
their plans for the parade and the future.
How did you win the Mr. and Ms. Mason titles?
Sarah Miller: So I did a skit. It was a satire on the big crazy
col-lege admissions process. I called it College Applicants Shoot
for the Moon, and it was about how applications to the University
of the Moon have skyrocketed this year. And it was just kind of
silly. I pretended to be an ABC reporter and I wrote this thing to
talk about and then I interviewed a bunch of my friends who are
seniors about why they did or didnt apply to the
University of the Moon.Gus Constance: I won by col-
laborating with my friend Emma Graig. We did a video together
and in the video we performed a skit.
The premise of the skit was that the SCA advisor and an English
teacher at George Mason, Mr. Laub, had been framed for embez-zling
money from the school, so we wanted to get to the bottom of that.
We were trying to be funny and all.
What are your memories from past Memorial Days in the city?
Sarah: I love Memorial Day and chicken on a stick obviously. I
love the Fun Run. I take the fun part of Fun Run seriously and I
used to run cross country and I love to do it with friends and
stuff. I also love just seeing everyone. Its just so special that
everyone in Falls Church comes out and I can see like my first
grade teacher, or someone from my swim team that I havent seen all
year who doesnt necessarily go to City schools. Everyone is out at
once, which is fun.
Gus: What I always looked forward to about Memorial Day was the
different booths and stands and different food.
Theres this one booth that always had good lemonade. And then
the parade is always very fun, with the Shriners going around in
their cars and stuff. Its just a good time.
Did you know that, by winning Mr. and Ms. Mason, you became king
and queen of the Memorial Day parade?
Sarah: It was in the back of my mind but I had kinda forgotten
about it until like after it happened when they were like Oh, by
the way, youre the queen now. And I was like Oh my gosh, right. I
forgot about that.
Gus: Yeah. Both my older sis-ters were Ms. Mason before I was,
so I knew thats what I was in for.
What are your parade plans?
Sarah: Well, since monarchies are kinda dying out, this might be
last chance to be a queen, so Im going to go all out. So Im
definitely going to wear a crown, do the queen wave and stuff like
that.
Gus: I have this really cool Hawaiian shirt that I wanna wear,
probably under a blazer I guess because its supposed to be a little
bit formal. Im going to try to have a good time with it.
What kind of royal behaviors do you exhibit in your daily
life?
Sarah: I guess queens are famous so they need to avoid paparazzi
and Im not very photo-genic so if I had paparazzi I would
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GUS CONSTANCE AND SARAH MILLER will serve as king and queen in
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Longtime Falls Church residents Barry and Kathleen Buschow are
honored to serve as grand marshals for this years Memorial Day
parade.
The parade is so all Americana, said Mrs. Buschow. It is what I
think Falls Church is all about. It just makes you smile. Its a
really great reflection of our community.
The couple has a long history of public service and dedication
to uplifting the Falls Church com-munity.
Mrs. Buschow, who served 14 years as Falls Church City Clerk,
has strong roots in the Northern Virginia area. I grew up in
Alexandria, Arlington, she said. I grew up in Kings Park when it
was the end of the Earth, she laughed continuing on about her
presence in the area during the opening of the beltway and Dulles
Airport.
A graduate of George Mason University, Mrs. Buschow worked for
two U.S. senators on Capitol Hill, a small business lob-bying
organization and a large Washington, D.C. law firm before becoming
City Clerk of Falls Church, which she described as the perfect job
for her.
As City Clerk, Mrs. Buschow said she enjoyed working with the
residents, especially the senior citizens. My degree is in
govern-ment, and Ive worked in politics and in the legal field, so
it was a great job for me to have after my other previous jobs.
Prior to her tenure, she said Falls Church had not been
rep-resented much in the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association. She
made a point to attend every conference and served as presi-dent of
the organization from 2010 to 2011. In 2008, the association also
named her Clerk of the Year.
Since retiring last year, Mrs. Buschow now enjoys painting but
remains involved with the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association.
She recently donated one of her paintings for an upcoming silent
auction.
When shes not painting, she dedicates her time to the Falls
Church Sisters Choice Quilters and the Falls Church chapter of
Quilters Unlimited, which she has been active in for more than 25
years. She previously served as board member and treasurer of Falls
Church Arts.
Much like his wife, Mr. Buschow has been a very active figure in
the Falls Church com-munity. He currently serves on
the board of the Northern Virginia Parks Authority and is
presi-dent of the Falls Church Lions Club, corresponding secretary
for the Village Preservation and Improvement Society, and
sec-retary of the Falls Church Scout House Building
Association.
Last year, the Village Preservation and Improvement Society
awarded the Spirit of Falls Church award to Mr. Buschow for his
dedication to the community. In addition, he has been named the
Lions Club Lion of the Year three times and received the 1999
Caroll V. Shreve Award for Meritorious
Community Service from the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce
The 1967 George Mason High School graduate first moved to Falls
Church in 1951 with his parents. After going away to col-lege, Mr.
Buschow spent some time away from Falls Church but returned in 1987
with his wife and his son, James, who also graduated from George
Mason High School.
In his professional career, Mr. Buschow has served as a
gov-ernment contractor for 30 years. He currently works as a
con-sultant on the Federal Aviation Administrations NextGen air
traf-fic control initiative.
Mr. Buschow said it is an honor to serve as grand marshal with
his wife. Ive marched in the parade when I was in high school, in
the band, back in the day when we used to march down Broad Street,
so Ive known the parade for a long, long time, he said.
For the last 20 or 25 years, he
said hes been volunteering at dif-ferent booths during the
parade. Im always working the Lions Club or the Village
Preservation and Improvement Society booth, and so I never really
get to see the parade, he laughed. So this will be one of the first
years I really get to see the whole parade.
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FCNP.COM MEMORIAL DAYBuschows to Serve as Parade Grand Marshalsby
Liz LizamaFalls Church News-Press
MEMORIAL DAY GRAND MARSHALS Barry and Kathleen Buschow stand
together at Cherry Hill Park in the photo above. Kathleen Buschow,
who served for 14 years as Falls Church City Clerk, is a native of
Northern Virginia and Barry Buschow, president of the Lions Club of
Falls Church, is a 1967 graduate of George Mason High School. In
the photo on the right, Barry Buschow stands with George Mason High
School students, who volunteered to help the Lions unload citrus
during the organi-zations annual citrus sale. (Photos: Liz
Lizama/News-Press and courtesy of Barry Buschow)
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Smoke Shop C307 ......................TK Grill
In Front of Police Dept. in Parking Spaces
D101 ................Greyhound Pets of AmericaD102
.................. Skyline Vineyard ChurchD104 ..... The LIBRE
InitiativeD106 .............. Greater F.C. Veterans CouncilD107
........... Janices TableD200 ...................Gs Glory
HandbagsD201 ............ Lokonia Greek ProductsD202
......................GordosD203 ........... Uncommon FindsD206
............Oceans AwayD207 ........GMHS Robotics Team 1418
D208 ....................Chelsea Market DesignsD209
.................Growing Smiles of NOVAD210 ............Renaissance
LavenderD211 ..................Ann Baier/ Donna Peterson
PotteryD214 ...................Mom and Daughters Jewelry
City Hall Entrance from Park Avenue
E104 ............Bahais of F.C.E105 ........... Keller Williams
RealtyE106 ..................... F.C. City Democratic CommitteeE107
...................Tinner Hill Heritage FoundationE108
.............F.C. Chamber of Commerce
Little Falls St.; Community Center
F100 .......... Temalle LTDF101 ..................
EclectionsF102 ..............Bead E. EyeF103 ....Eco HoneyBees
& We Recycle TreesF104 ......... Stitch in TimeF105 ...........
Balloon CrewF107 Reinvented EleganceF108 ...........Summi HennaF111
.. Winsome WineauxF112 Georgetown Learning and Development LabF113
..............Colibri CraftsF114 ....................Bulls Eye
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Master of CeremoniesHarry Shovlin
Posting of ColorsHonor Guard from the
American Legion Post 130
Remembrance for POW/MIAsCommander Bob Smith,
VFW Post 9274
National AnthemCity of Falls Church Concert BandUnder the
direction of Robert LittleVocals by SGM Robert M. Petillo,
United States Army Band Pershings Own
InvocationRabbi Jeffrey Saxe,
Temple Rodef Shalom
WelcomingDavid Tarter
Mayor, City of Falls Church
RemarksBob Smith
Chairman, Greater Falls Church Veterans Council
Keynote Address Linden Dixon
2014 Department CommanderThe American Legion Department of
Virginia
God Bless AmericaCity of Falls Church Concert BandUnder the
direction of Robert LittleVocals by SGM Robert M. Petillo,
United States Army Band Pershings Own
Presentation of Wreath in Memory of Departed Veterans
Kim McArdle, Falls Church Chapter, National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution
Escorted by Richard L. Anton, Post 130
Prayer for the Departed VeteransRabbi Jeffrey Saxe,
Temple Rodef Shalom
TapsMaster Gunnery Sgt. John Abbracciamento,
U.S. Marine Corps Band
Retiring of POW/MIA FlagCommander Bob Smith, VFW Post 9274
Retiring of ColorsHonor Guard from the
American Legion Post 130
Memorial Day 2015 Veterans Ceremony
This program was prepared by representatives of American Legion
Post 130, American Legion Post 225, American Legion Post 124, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Martin Leppert Sipes Post 9274, Catholic
War Veterans Paul and Jacques Martin Post 1652, Falls Church
Daughters of the American Revolution, Northern Virginia WWII
Veterans, the Veterans Memorial Committee, and dedicated volunteers
under the coordination of the City of Falls Church Recreation and
Parks Division. Citizen
participation is encouraged. The City of Falls Church is
committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any
type of disability call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711).
Monday, May 25, at 11 a.m.City of Falls Church Veterans
Memorial, 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church, VA 22046
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Jeff Jones was sitting in church one morning during Christmas
when it all came together.
Hed been thinking for a while about doing something to honor
veterans his father, grandfather, and uncles were all servicemen
but the project had not formed. Until then.
Im a Navy brat whos moved around the country, and I came to a
point in my life when I could do something, said Jones, the owner
of Classic Stonescaping and Gardens in Falls Church.
In the pew that Sunday morn-ing, the idea took shape, and
Decorate A Vet was born.
Why not decorate the homes of veterans for the holidays?
Jones, 45, approached his pal, David Tax, 49, who exclaimed
Im in, 100 percent! and off they ran in 2010, starting with five
or six homes to decorate.
Right from the get-go, it quick-ly became apparent that more was
needed to be done for the veterans homes than simply decorating for
the holidays.
The first year blossomed into a lot more, said Tax in an
interview with Jones at Taxs res-taurant, Clare and Dons Beach
Shack.
They started painting and chop-ping and trimming and cutting and
hauling away overgrown bushes and trees and debris from the homes,
and installing new fences and gutters and shutters, ramps, and hand
rails, and over the years, found hundreds of volunteers and
partners to help out.
Like Home Depot at Seven Corners whose manager uses his
discretionary fund to supply mate-
rials and send over five or six volunteers, or the FBI which
sent 50 volunteers one year, or the five fire departments whose
ladders volunteers climb to erect lights up high, or the American
Legion.
Said Tax: The kids of my generation have had some kind of
disconnect. Theyve not been to combat or defended the U.S., so
involving children in the project was a top goal, and they do it,
on Decoration Day, the Saturday which follows the work week after
Thanksgiving when adult volun-teers, who have numbered in the
hundreds over time, beautify the veterans homes.
Its the most fun seeing kids out there, sharing
responsibili-ties, Tax said.
The groups biggest problem is identifying veterans who want to
sign up for the project since many veterans believe their
comrades
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have greater needs, but this is not need based, Jones said.
Nominations for (mostly, out-side) home improvements can be made
on the DAV website, www.decorateavet.org, and veterans may submit
themselves.
At each of the five to nine homes DAV decorates, volunteers hang
a flag and plant a tree.
One year they branched out to the Wounded Warriors Care Center
at Fort Belvoir to decorate a floor and serve food to the staff and
patients from Taxs restau-rants. (He also owns Mikes Deli at Lazy
Sundae.)
For two years going on three, a grant from the Bob Woodruff
Foundation has funded the admin-istrative side of DAV which
recently received a 501(c) (3) sta-tus from the IRS making
dona-tions to DAV tax deductible. (DAVs annual fundraiser will be
in October at the Beach Shack.)
Dave and Ada Evans are one Falls Church couple who have
benefitted from DAVs gifts.
In 2013 they were mostly con-fined to home. Dave Evans, an Army
veteran who served dur-ing the Vietnam War days, was felled by a
stroke in 2009 and got around on a scooter. Ada Evans was
recovering from eye surgery.
We were not looking forward to Christmas very much that
year,
Ada Evans said.One Saturday morning they
looked out their windows to find 100 decorators in their
yard.
The volunteers really lifted Daves spirits a great deal, she
said, and her husband came out on his scooter to welcome the
guests.
The Evans have lived in their Falls Church home since 1972 and
had never had a driveway until DAV built one for them.
Dave Evans likes to grill, and Jeff built a very expensive,
beau-tiful stone walkway so Evans can get out to the grill on his
scooter, and, also, his man cave, made accessible by DAV.
I was just stunned, said Ada Evans.
We really appreciate what they did, and she still calls Jones
for referrals on home improvements.
Were just trying to say thank you, said Tax. Its more about what
theyve already done.
If more people would do a little bit more, it would go a long
way.
Our goal is to help vets within the city, Jones. Stay in your
lane.
Neither Jones nor Tax is a veter-an. They estimate theyve worked
on 35 to 40 homes since Joness dream took root in a church pew at
Christmas.
A CREW OF VETERANS GOES TO WORK on a local veterans home as part
of the Decorate a Vet organizations work. (Photo: Courtesy of Jeff
Jones of Stonescaping and Gardens)
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MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015Parade King & Queen Chat with
News-Pressalso want to avoid them. But usu-ally people arent trying
to take my photo so thats a good thing.
Gus: Exercising everyday [insert] plug for Title Boxing Club.
Its a great place. Awesome train-ers. And just hanging around the
many wonderful places that we have here in Falls Church. Cherry
Hill Park is a favorite of mine.
What was your Mason experi-ence like?
Sarah: Its been wonderful. Im so glad I was lucky enough to grow
up here. Everything about Mason is so special. I love the community
because its a smaller school, especially this year, our grade has
gotten really close. And the teachers are so supportive and so
wonderful. I love how every-one knows each other and the teachers
go above and beyond.
And just like no one takes them-selves too seriously which I
like.
I remember my eighth grade year was the first year I was there
and I was kind of apprehensive about going to high school like Oh
my gosh, there are people here who are five years older than me.
Thats insane.
But some time during the school year there were people, to this
day I dont know why, but there were people dressed as Pac-Man and
Ms. Pac-Man and the ghosts and chasing each other around the school
and like no one blinked an eye like it was normal. And I thought
okay, I can fit in here. I can do this.
Gus: Id say overall it was enjoyable just because it was an
environment where I was able to be friends with pretty much
every-one in my grade. And so, as stress-ful as it may be, it was
always a friendly place that I didnt mind going back to
necessarily.
What is one Mason memory youll never forget?
Sarah: Ive been on swim team and student government and I
started the Settlers of Catlan Club and doing the activities with
that club has been so fun.
And this year, my brother [David] is a freshman this year so
weve been able to overlap and hes been on student council, which
has been so much fun.
Weve gotten a lot closer this year and I love him and Im going
to miss him so much next year. But its been so fun to be together
this year, so Ill never forget that.
Gus: Probably being a part of Les Miserable, the musical, in
eighth grade.
That was my first musical and I stayed a part of the theatre
pro-gram since then. It was just awe-some being a member of that
cast.
I think we got some kind of award for that. But yeah, thatll
stay with me for the rest of my life.
What are your plans after gradu-ation?
Sarah: In the fall Im going to Dartmouth College and I want to
study neuroscience and maybe minor in statistics.
Ive done a lot of work with kids neurodevelopmental delays or
that are on the autism spectrum and Im also really interested in
science, so maybe eventually get my PhD and contribute to the
knowledge of neurobiological fac-tors of developmental delays.
Gus: Im attending VCU this fall and majoring in psychology. Im
excited to live in Richmond.
What are your career aspirations?
Sarah: As of right now Im definitely open to changing my mind,
but I want to get my PhD
and do research in that field and maybe be a professor or
some-thing like that, so I can do research or maybe a marine
biologist.
Thats always been my child-hood dream like I want to be a marine
biologist, but Ive never done anything with marine biol-ogy, so
well see. I love manatees, though.
Gus: I hope maybe one day to have my own occupational ther-apy
practice and if that doesnt work out I might try to open a record
store.
What is your message, as king and queen, to your subjects?
Sarah: I guess my message to my subjects would be if youre a
little sweaty thats okay.
I think everyone sweats at Memorial Day, so just embrace that.
And youre all wonderful and Falls Church is a great place.
Gus: Stay in school.
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1. American Legion Post 130 Color Guard 1a. Old Guard Fife and
Drum Corps2. Falls Church Sheriffs Department3. City of Falls
Church Police Honor Guard4. Memorial Day Grand Marshals The
Buschows5. Falls Church City Council6. Falls Church City Public
Schools7. Memorial Day King & Queen8. Greater Falls Church
Veterans Council9. Operation Earth Watch10. Falls Church Volunteer
Fire Department11. Mary Riley Styles Public Library12. Falls Church
Recreation and Parks Department13. Cub Scout Pack 681 14. Thomas
Jefferson Elementary Safety Patrols15. Falls Church Kiwanis Little
League16. Cub Scout Pack 657 17. Falls Church Youth Lacrosse 18.
Suzanna Muldowney 19. The Washington Scottish Pipe Band 20. South
Lakes High School JROTC21. St. Pauls Lutheran Preschool22. NOVA
Parks & Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation23. Dunn Loring
Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department24. Tinkus Cochabamba VA
USA25. TITLE Boxing Club26. Citizens for a Better City 27. Village
Preservation and Improvement Society27a. Marshall High School
Marching Statesmen28. Girl Scouts 50-14 29.Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon
Do30. Falls Church Chamber of Commerce
31. Virginia International University 32. Embajadores del
Folklore33. Fairfax VA Chapter Harley Owners Group34. Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church 35. Falun Dafa 36. Hilton Garden Inn37. McLean
Volunteer Fire Department 38. Just Clowning Around of Northern
Virginia39. Millford Mill Academy Marching Band40. Falls Church
Democratic Committee41. Delegate Marcus Simon 42. John F. Nicoll
Pipes and Drums43. Always There Pet Care44. Al Manarah Court #50,
Ladies Oriental Shrine of NA45. Kena Shriners 46. City of Falls
Church Department of Public Works Operations Division47. Centro
Cultural Peru48. Cub Scout Pack 86149. Falls Church News-Press50.
Falls Church Original 1956 Pontiac Chieftain51. Falls Church Lions
Club52. Maha Yoga53. Dave & Melanie Elliott54. Tinkus Tiataco
USA55. Old Rugged Cross56. Jim Moyer Circus Club57. Fraternidad
Folklorica Bolivia58. Bikenetic Bike Posse59. Blue Nectar Yoga60.
Providence Players of Fairfax61. Nickelz Production Dance
Company62. Rotary Club of Falls Church 63. Famous Daves
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