The Culpeper Minutemen lead the Independence Day Parade in downtown Culpeper.
Eleven chapter members, six in uniform, supported by seven of our wives, one in period dress, attended the Independence Day festivities in Culpeper. We started at noon on the Court House lawn with a ceremony that featured music by the Blue Ridge Chorale; a musket salute; addresses by the Mayor of Culpeper, Michael Olinger, and the Chairman of the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors, Steve Walker; a narrated display of historic American Flags; and a rousing reading of the Declaration of Independence by Jim Bayne. The crowd in attendance filled the Court House lawn, and with help from Paul Chase from the Colonel William Grayson Chapter everyone was wearing a "Liberty Sprig"
Compatriot Jim Bayne reads, in character, the Declaration of Independence to the gathered crowd, then invites them all to sign a copy of the document
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