Falls Church News-Press Memorial Day 2018

Monday, May 28, 2018 Falls Church, Virginia

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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 visitors 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 12,332 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 you’ve 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. We’re sure you’ll like what you see.

Falls Church prides itself on its hospitality and affirmation of diversity. It makes a point of welcoming all who come to visit or live, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. We want you in Falls Church!

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Welcome from the Mayor of the Ci

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Welcome to the City of Falls Church’ s annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival. We are pleased that you are spending this spe cial day here with us in The Little City .

Today we honor the men and wom en who have served in our armed forc es and reflect upon the sacrifices they have made on our behalf. The City of Falls Chu rch has a proud history of military service, as demons trated by the names of native sons and daughters displayed on a memorial plaque at our Community Center. Each served fait hfully and to their fullest.

It is important to remember the pur pose of this holiday. Memorial Day is a day of celebration, but not in the traditio nal sense of the word. Today, we cele brate the servicemen and servicewomen who have given their lives on behalf of our country. We pay tribute to these American heroes , as well as their families and friends , and celebrate their legacy by honoring their commit ment and sacrifice for our freedoms.

I hope you will join me at 11 a.m . at the Veterans Memorial outside the Community Center for our annual program to hon or the fallen. Retired Army Colonel Ward Nickisch, a researcher and advocate for the fallen and missing in action, will be our keynote speaker.

At 2:00 p.m., I hope you will enjoy our parade along Park Avenue. Our Grand Marshal is Midge Wang, the matriarch of Falls Church history, culture, and preserv ation.

Thank you for joining us today. Ple ase keep the dedicated men and wom en of our armed forces in your hearts and minds thro ughout the year.

P. David Tarter, Mayor City of Falls Church, Virginia

Harry E. Wells Building, 300 Park Ave

nue, Falls Church, Virginia 22046-3 332 www.fallschurchva.gov

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Monday, May 28, 2018

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m | City Hall Grounds (300 Park Ave.) 9:00 a.m.

Don Beyer Volvo 3K Fun Run Start Line: Great Falls & Little Falls Streets Rollerblades & bicycles not permitted

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Festival Hours Children’s Rides & Amusements Vendor booths, including food and crafts for sale

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Music on the Main Stage Convertible Jerk Band (9:00 a.m.)

Louis the Magician (11:00 a.m.)

City of Falls Church Concert Band (12:15 p.m.)

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Memorial Day Ceremony Veterans Memorial, outside the Community Center

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LAURA WHITAKER AND SAM UPDIKE as Mr. & Ms. Mason. (Photo: Patricia Leslie)

Whitaker, Updike Ready to Roll as Mr. & Ms. Mason in Parade

by Patricia Leslie

Falls Church News-Press

If they had it to do all over again, this year’s Mr. and Ms. George Mason High School, Sam Updike and Laura Whitaker, have a few words of advice for themselves.

Updike and Whitaker sat down last week with the Falls Church News-Press at Mason for a discussion about their high school lives.

First off, Whitaker would “tell myself to relax and not take things so seriously,” and Updike would listen to his mother more. “She’s right all the time.”

The two were chosen for their titles by a panel of teachers and students, but to hear Whitaker and Updike tell it, about everybody at Mason qualifies for the honors, based on their attributes and talents.

Neither Updike nor Whitaker knew who had nominated them.

Students can be nominated from each grade, they said, but it’s usually seniors and the funniest talent entries who win, according to Updike.

This year had no talent entries because Mason’s theatre department took over the auditorium and with spring and sports, schedules just got too crowded for the really big show. Competition includes biography, fashion and questions.

Said Whitaker: It’s almost like a pageant.

Updike: I’m not sure how they picked us.

Updike has been a northern Virginia resident since birth and has lived in Falls Church since he

was 5 years old.

Whitaker: I moved here my freshman year from California and I was supposed to move my sophomore year when my dad got a bid to Oslo [he’s with the State Department] and I was then supposed to move my junior year and decided I didn’t want to start over and leave my friends before my senior year. My mom and brother and I stayed here.

News-Press: What was the best thing about high school?

Updike: Sports. I used to run track and cross country and now I’m on the swim team.

Whitaker: I would say sports are a big part of it because you have your family and you’re always together. I play volleyball and soccer.

N-P: The worst thing?

Whitaker: Lots of stress (laughs).

Updike: It’s all manageable.

None of it is unrealistic. Sometimes with sports and school, things get a little hectic. Other than that, there’s really not a worst part.

Whitaker: My philosophy is it’s as bad as you make it. Honestly, people always said that senior year was the easiest but first semester senior year I will tell you, for me was the worst of any year I’ve had.

It’s just the pressure and the stress we put on ourselves and each other and the stress that comes with college apps and sports and activities, all with being a senior in school, but like Sam said, it’s manageable, but it’s definitely a lot.

N-P: Are you sad about leaving

high school?

Updike: Not particularly.

Whitaker: It’s bittersweet.

Updike: I’ve had a lot of fun in high school, but at the same time college might be a little more fun (laughter).

Whitaker: I think it’s just right. It’s just like the next step, like we’ve done everything we’ve had to do here, also it’s time.

N-P: If you were a freshman again in high school, what would you tell yourself? Would you do anything differently?

Whitaker: I would tell myself to relax. I think that as a freshman at Mason, or as any student you really feel the pressure to do absolutely everything, and I would spend many weekends not going out just doing homework and now that I’ve built my study methods and I’ve gotten an understanding of what I like to do and what I want to continue doing, I realize that I don’t need, maybe, to put so much time into something because I can do it in a shorter amount of time but because I’m so stressed out about what this is I am dragging along and making it harder for myself so definitely, to relax...I would also tell my freshman self to have fun with it. These years go so much quicker than you think and they’re really, really amazing and you’re going to meet some great people so just have fun with it and enjoy it while it lasts. I personally think I took high school more seriously than I had to and focused solely on academics. When I think high school is very holistic and it’s not only about classes, but it’s about,

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like becoming a greater person, it’s about participating in extracurricular activities, about making friends and there’s more aspects to high school than just academics but obviously you want to worry about that and keep up with those.

Updike: Always listen to the advice my mother has given me (laughter) because she’s always right no matter what I do. I would listen to my mother more N-P: What have been the hardest and the easiest subjects for you?

Updike: Probably history for both of them [hardest and easiest subjects] for the last two years.

It’s very hard, but at the same time it’s probably the subject I am very interested in and I’ll probably continue history in college, too.

Whitaker: History was definitely hard. It’s a lot of content you need to balance. There’s so much content and you need to know what to do with it, but, honestly, honors geometry my freshman year was a challenge. That was the hardest. That was my first honors course in high school, and it was all very independent. All those freshmen weren’t ready to take on an investigative course as it is known.

Updike: I liked that class because if you learned to play the game, you did all your homework in class and all the class work at home so it kind of turned out fine.

Whitaker: I wasn’t smart and I was at school for many hours after school trying to figure that out (laughter).

Updike: We were in honors geometry which had a weird textbook It wasn’t like a regular math class. I kinda liked it.

Whitaker: I liked the challenge, but boy, that was rough.

N-P: What about volunteer work? Do you have time for that?

Updike: We’re both in the National Honors Society and we do a lot of service for that and I’m also in the Boy Scouts and I’ve done a lot of service hours there as well.

The student school president runs all these food collections for the Arlington farmers market and the food assistance center, and we pick up all the leftover produce that will go bad that week but it’s all fresh on Sunday. A lot of George Mason students help. We put the food in the van, go weigh it and distribute it through the food bank.

We do a big fundraiser every fall which raises a couple of thousand dollars.

Whitaker: I actually had an opportunity to help with the Arlington Assistance Food Center two weeks ago and I’ve always heard Sam and a few other friends talk about it, and I was kind of on the receiving end of what Sam

does. I was helping to distribute food and it was very, very nice just to see the families walk by and it felt really fulfilling to help them, especially Spanish-speaking families if they needed help.

I tutor a lot at school. I’m the coordinator for the Saturday learning lounge. What we do is organize tutors and students who will meet on Saturdays in the library.

I volunteer as a tutor and I also mentor a few students here who speak little English. I help them with their homework and I help them with just regular questions they might have around school.

N-P: Describe in a few words your experience at Mason.

Whitaker: Active.

Updike: Yeah, productive, maybe. I’ve done a lot. Everyone here does a lot. We are certainly not the exception.

Whitaker: I don’t think that we give ourselves enough credit, honestly, the student body, like everyone is very, very active.

N-P: Is there pressure to be active? To keep up with your peers?

Updike: It’s mostly internal.

No one is telling anyone to do all this.

Whitaker: Here’s actually something I would like to say about Mason: If I had just one word, I would say talented. What I find so wonderful about the school is that everyone has that one thing about them. We have that one friend who rides horses, that one friend who is the artsy one. Sam here is the swimmer. Everyone here has that one aspect about them that they do it and only they do it so well it’s really admirable to watch from outside and look at the student body and just see how unique everyone is and how much they embrace their passions.

N-P: What are your summer plans?

Updike: Mostly swimming.

It’s fun.

Whitaker: I have a lot of small trips going on. I’m visiting my dad in Norway and I’m doing trips around here, maybe a little road trip. I’m going to try and save up for college. I work at Dogwood Tavern. Definitely, I am saving up for college.

[Whitaker is bound for Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Updike will be at William and Mary where his mom went].

N-P: You’ll be riding in the Memorial Day parade?

Updike: We’ll ride on something.

Whitaker: I may have a soccer game. We are in the conference semi-finals right now and if we win, I may be playing in a tournament game on Monday. It’s possible the game may be at night, but I don’t know as of now.

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Wang Humbly Obliges Request to be Grand Marshal

BY MATT DELANEY

FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS

She may be slight and more soft-spoken with her age, but pay no mind Midge Wang’s appearance when it comes to her stature as the City’s longest-tenured historian. Wang’s full of factoids about Falls Church and knows the trends that shaped the City into what it is today. That’s why you pay your respects to the Godmother of Falls Church, just as the entire City will on Monday when she serves as Grand Marshal for the annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival.

While Wang will be donning her finest bourgeoisie (or bougie, as the kids like to say) attire on Memorial Day with an elaborate gown and hat oozing of high society, that belies the humble nature she stems from. A City resident since 1963, Wang has been a roll-up-your-sleeves advocate of Falls Church’s historical heritage, whether she’s educating residents through living history demonstrations or in practice as she lives in one of 90 remaining Victorian Era homes that are peppered throughout the City.

It’s the nexus between the City’s modern profile and the Victorian Era (1837-1901) that spurred Wang to action in helping found the Victorian Society at Falls Church in 1995. She’s known for other ventures — establishing the Friends of the Cherry Hill Farmhouse as well as helping bring knowledge of the Civil War and its effects on the City through accompanying reenactments. However, enlightening residents about the story behind the Falls Church they know and love through an emphasis of the Victorian Era allows them to see the significance of the cultural lineage it’s grown out of.

“The Village Improvement Society came in [following the Civil War]. The reason they needed

it was because the war needed troops in the City for almost five years to protect Washington, D.C. While staying here, soldiers cut down all the trees for firewood and used farmers’ crops and livestocks for food, along with using the [Falls Church] Episcopal Church as a stable. The City was very stripped,” Wang said. “A Union soldier from Falls Church used his ties with the federal government to restore the church, and from there it gradually became a community for government workers who left the swamp of D.C.” Essentially, the Victorian Era encapsulated the City’s rebirth to prominence. And as Wang notes, while other cities rebounded thanks to one rich resident bringing a business there that was later at the mercy of highway developments, Falls Church stayed strong and continued to grow thanks to its proximity to the nation’s capital.

Wang’s affinity for the era is always detectable, though never in-your-face. It’s very Victorian of her.

She chats politely but proudly about how it was Falls Church that celebrated Virginia’s first Arbor Day during the period. And she remarks with a tamed glee about how much fun it is for her, fellow society members and friends to dress in the garb and portray the events as prosperous characters with the graciousness that defined the time.

But even when she’s not using her imagination to bring an old soul to life, Wang civilly demurs her status as some kind of distinguished figure worthy enough to be celebrated as the leader of a parade (and, much to my chagrin, she’s not too fond of my “Godmother” label either. Sorry Midge, but I’m gonna make it stick!).

“It came as a total surprise [being named Grand Marshal],” Wang continued, adding that her

MIDGE WANG (C������� P����) children won’t be able to attend since the announcement came so late that trips to Alaska and France had already been planned (though her grandchild will be in attendance). “There’s lots of other people that are equally influential and do wonderful things, that’s why I’m appalled to be selected.”

While Wang will have to cool her simmering dismay for the City’s selection of her as Grand Marshal, there’s one topic that causes her to purse her lips: the City’s growing disenchantment toward the Victorian era homes.

Other concerns, such as younger generations’ disinterest in history, also puts Wang on alert, but the City’s inhabitable monuments to one of its proudest times deserves more justice in her eyes.

“The City’s interest in getting money for the schools [causes it to be] very lenient about giving people the right to tear down a house and rebuild it twice as big, and then it will sell for over a million dollars and they will get more tax money,” Wang said. “You have that culture in the City that I think many of them don’t respect the

historical aspect of it.”

Wang concedes that Victorian homes lack 21st century necessities from central air to garages, but she feels the homes can’t be discarded so casually for the sake of a quick buck.

But that’s a problem for another time. In the here and now, Wang is embracing this moment as Grand Marshal, no matter how little she believes it’s rightfully hers. And you can expect some enthusiastic (but not too enthusiastic) waves to be directed your way once you see her on Memorial Day.

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Memorial Day 2018 Veterans Ceremony Monday, May 28, at 11 a.m.

City of Falls Church Veterans Memorial, 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church, VA 22046

Master of Ceremonies Harry Shovlin Posting of Colors Honor Guard from the American Legion Post 130 Remembrance for POW/MIAs Bob Smith Chairman, Greater Falls Church Veterans Council National Anthem City of Falls Church Concert Band and Sgt. Major Robert Petillo, US Army Band Under the direction of Robert Little Invocation Rev. Dr. Rick Wright, The Falls Church Anglican Welcoming David Tarter Mayor, City of Falls Church

Remarks Bob Smith Chairman, Greater Falls Church Veterans Council The Unknown Soldier City of Falls Church Concert Band Under the direction of Robert Little Keynote Address Colonel Ward B. Nickish (Retired) US Army God Bless America City of Falls Church Concert Band and Sgt. Major Robert Petillo, US Army Band Under the direction of Robert Little Presentation of Wreath in Memory of Departed Veterans Shannon Combs-Bennett, Falls Church Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Escorted by Richard L. Anton, Post 130

Presentations & Announcements Harry Shovlin Prayer for the Departed Veterans Rev. Dr. Rick Wright, The Falls Church Anglican Taps Master Gunnery Sgt. John Abbracciamento, U.S. Marine Corps Band Retiring of POW/MIA Flag Bob Smith Chairman, Greater Falls Church Veterans Council Retiring of Colors Honor Guard from the American Legion Post 130 American Legion Post 130

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New TV Series Emphasizes Role of Diplomacy as it Faces Murky Future

BY MATT DELANEY

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The year is 2025. Following almost a decade of lax international involvement, the United States has ceded ground to foreign powers China and Russia in global relations and influence. Now the new president of the U.S. is struggling to play catch-up after a years-long hold on the State Department’s efforts in keeping American interests on the negotiating table.

Of course, this is purely hypothetical. But it showcases the risk that neglecting U.S. diplomacy could have if it continues to go down its current path.

“Diplomacy is going on all around the world all the time,” said Janice Bay, a former diplomat and executive producer of the new television series, “Diplomacy At Risk!” that looks educate Americans on why engaging internationally is imperative to the U.S.’s wellbeing. “The United States can participate or not participate.

It’s not going to stop because we stop.”

Since February of last year,

President Trump’s administration has shown a disinterest in global diplomacy by freezing the State Department budget and hiring process and leaning towards cuts for FY19. Given that the department itself commands roughly one percent of the entire federal budget, acting against could be seen as reckless for the sake of some unclear vision (though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lifted the department’s hiring freeze a week ago).

That’s why a group of local luminaries consisting of former diplomats and worldly citizens have joined forces to debut “Diplomacy At Risk!” with the intent of informing the average American about why diplomacy matters, particularly to younger Americans.

“A few friends of my daughter didn’t know what the State Department was, and I thought, ‘That’s bad,’” said executive producer Carol Loftur-Thun. “If you have young people who are educated and smart and they don’t know what the State Department is, we clearly have an issue here.”

The series’ braintrust includes

Loftur-Thun and her husband, Bob, who serve as media outreach and technicians who edit and shoot the eight, 30-minute episodes in weekly installments. The episodes air each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on FCCTV. Along with them is Bay, a former specialist in economic relations with foreign countries, Steve Watkins, one of the chief architects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Steve’s wife, Diana. The pro-bono effort sees all five of the organizers regularly putting in double-digit hours each week to produce the show because they believe in its cause that much.

Each episode is structured around a sit-down interview between an ambassador or diplomat either doing a one-on-one interview or a panel discussion with other international experts. The episodes typically involve multiple eight-minute segments and provide overviews on topics from global health to refugee and human rights to the central question of why diplomacy matters at all.

Do you ever wonder why war doesn’t break out more often or

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why diseases that start in one country aren’t plagues throughout the world in a matter of days? It’s because of diplomacy, with both examples highlighting positive effects of the craft.

“A great success of global diplomacy and the human race is global health. Smallpox doesn’t exist anymore because of international cooperations between Britain, the World Health Organization and others that helped contain and eliminate the disease” Steve Watkins said, before Bay added.

“Diplomacy has failed when we go to war. For example, we may not succeed if we talk to the North Korean leader, but if we don’t talk to him, we have no chance of ever reaching a peaceful agreement.”

But to the average American, there’s conflict about what they want the U.S. to be on the international stage. Do we want to continue our role as, essentially, the world’s police? Or do we want to pull back and focus only on our ourselves? It’s a discussion that the show acknowledges while also providing context to how this split came about to begin with.

“I believe our greatest challenge is that the 16 years of ongoing U.S. military conflicts in the Middle East have colored the public’s perception of what ‘American involvement in the world,’

means,” retired rear admiral of the U.S. Navy and show guest Michael Smith said. “The fundamental reason for American involvement in the world is neither about being a global arbitrator nor should it be associated with failed decision making processes [regarding the Iraq War]. What I hope this show demonstrates is that our nation has a broad range of national interests that require us to be involved in the world.

Bob Loftur-Thun added to that point by noting the fall of the Soviet Union ended the bipolar struggle between Russia and America and now multiple countries vie for influence globally. It’s made for a more complex picture to average Americans, who are having more trouble differentiating between friend and foe.

However, the answer is not the current remedy of stalling diplomacy. As former ambassador to Ecuador, Peter Romero, notes on the show’s inaugural episode, Americans are coasting on the success of diplomacy from the past 70 years. To put bring that to a halt would be a failure in judgment that could take 70 years to repair.

“Diplomacy At Risk!” can be viewed on FCCTV, RCN 2, Cox 11, Verizon 35 and Youtube. Each episode airs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

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Stop by the News-Press booth (in front of city hall) with your craziest, funniest, freakiest and downright wackiest hat for a chance to win a gift certi�icate to one of Falls Church’s favorite restaurants! You better come prepared, as all Wacky Hat contestants will be featured online at FCNP.com and the winners will �ind their wacky creations in next week’s News-Press!

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ME MO R I A L DAY

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CITY OF FALLS CHURCH

7-Eleven (Annandale Road) * Applebee’s (Broad Street) * Argia’s Restaurant *Art & Frame * BB&T Bank (Broad Street) * Board of Education Building (803 W. Broad Street) * Bowl America * The Broadway * Browns Hardware * Burke and Herbert Bank (Broad Street) * The Byron * Cafe Kindred * Center for Multicultural Human Services * Chef Express * City Sunoco * Clare & Don’s Beach Shack * Clay Café Studios * CVS (Broad Street locations) * Curves * DK Nails & Spa * East Falls Church Metro * Eistein Bros Bagels * Elevation Burger * Fairfax Auto Parts * Falls Church Animal Hospital * Falls Church City Hall Lobby & West Wing * Falls Church City Public Utilities * Falls Church Community Center * Falls Church Education Foundation * Falls Church News-Press (200 Little Falls Street, Suite 506) * Falls Church Police Station * FedEx Kinko’s * Five Rings Fitness * Flippin’ Pizza * George Mason High School * Harris Teeter * Indian Spices * Local Market * Mary Riley Styles Library * Mount Daniel School * Halalco Supermarket * Hillwood Cleaners * Inns of Virginia * Jhoon Rhee * La Caraquena * Mad Fox * The Madison * Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School * Mike's Deli * McDonald’s * Moby Dick * Northgate Apartments Lobby * Oakwood Apartments * Panera * Panera Bread Building Lobby * Park Towers Condos * Pearson Square Apartments * Pho 88 * PNC Bank (Broad Street) * Point of View * Professional Building (313 Park Avenue) * Quick Copy * Red White & Bleu * Reed Building * ReMax Louise Molton office * Robeks Juice (Broad Street) * Roosevelt Towers * Sfizi Café * Sislers Stone * Smokey’s Garage * Spectrum Cleaners * Starbucks * Stratford Motor Lodge * Subway (Broad Street) * Sunrise Retirement Home * Suntrust Bank * Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt * Target * Tax Analysts * The Locker Room * Thomas Jefferson Elementary School * Towne Place Suites * Tutti Frutti * Unity Club * UVA/VT Northern Virginia Center * US Post Office * Vantage Fitness * Virginia Auto Repair * West Broad Apartments * West Falls Church Metro * The Westlee * Zinga Frozen Yogurt

ROUTE 29 TO MERRIFIELD

El Tio Restaurant * Galleria Florist * Rite Aid * Safeway * Silver Diner * Super A Market * Timberlane Condominium Bus Stop * Victor’s Grill * Wendy’s (Lee Highway)

ROUTE 50/ARLINGTON BOULEVARD

Bentley’s Restaurant * Bill Page Honda * Gold’s Gym * Providence Recreation Center * Sanz School * Thomas Jefferson Library

SEVEN CORNERS

Barnes & Noble * Master’s Touch * UPS Store * US Post Office * Willston Multi-Cultural Center *

BAILEYS CROSSROADS/SKYLINE

Goodwin House * Munson Hill Towers * Panera * Rite Aid * Sunoco (Leesburg Pike) * US Post Office * Woodrow Wilson Library 8

PIMMIT HILLS

Idylwood Towers * Ledo Pizza * Peet's Coffee * Pet Supplies Plus

ARLINGTON

Long & Foster Realtors * Ballston Common Mall * Ballston Metro * Cassatt’s Kiwi Café & Gallery * Clarendon Metro * Courthouse Metro * CVS (Lee Highway) * Grand Hunan * Joe’s Pizza * Linda’s Café * Metro Diner * Pete’s Barber Shop * Rosslyn Metro * Safeway (N. Harrison) * US Post Office (Courthouse) * Virginia Hospital Center * Virginia Square-GMU Metro * Westover Market * Wilson Boulevard & George Mason Drive Bus Stop

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ME MO R I A L DAY

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Your Of�icial 2018 City of Falls Church Memorial Day Parade Lineup 1. 1. American Legion Post #130 1a. Boy Scout Troop 349 2. Sheriff’s Office 3. City of Falls Church Police Department Honor Guard 4. Grand Marshal Midge Wang 5. Falls Church City Council 6. Falls Church City Public Schools/ School Board 7. Memorial Day King & Queen 8. Greater Falls Church Veterans Council 9. VFW Post 9274 10. Operation Earthwatch 11. Marshall Marching Statesmen 12. Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department 13. Daughters of the American Revolution 14. We Support the Girls 15. Rolling Readers Precision Book Truck Drill Team 16. McGrath Academy of Irish Dance 17. Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department 18. Fairfax VA Chapter Harley Owners Group 19. Alma Boliviana 20. Cub Scout Pack 681 21. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Safety Patrols 22. League of Women Voters 23. Arlington Cty Fire Department 24. Falls Church Kiwanis Little League 25. Golden Goddess 26. The Washington Scottish Pipe Band 27. South Lakes High School Army ROTC 28. Falls Church Youth Lacrosse 29. Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority 29a. Tinner Hill Blues Festival 30. Jay Melton 31. Concerned Citizens Against Gun Violence

32. Centro Cultural Bolivia 33. Bikenetic 34. Girl Scout Unit 14-50 35. Growing Smiles of Northern Virginia 36. 1956 Pontiac Chieftain 37. John F. Nicoll Pipes & Drums 38. American Lube Service Center 39. Blue Nectar Yoga 40. Falls Church City Democratic Committee 41. Marcus Simon for Delegate 42. Baroody Camps 43. Tinkus Kay’Sur USA 44. Goldfish Swim School 45. Rotary Club of Falls Church 45a. Rotary Club of Baileys Crossroads 46. Dave and Melanie Elliott’s 1947 Dodge Club Coupe 47. Batala Washington 48. Kena Shrine Temple 49. City of Falls Church Public Works Operations Division 50. Falls Church News-Press 51. Cub Scout Pack 657 52. Robert Stilling & Family 53. Fraternidad Embajadores del Folklore 54. Kess Hair & Skincare 55. Just Clowning Around 56. Maha Yoga 57. Moms Demand Action for Gunsense in America 58. Fraternidad Waca Wacas Tolata 59. Enshin Karate/KZMMA 60. Virginia International University 61. Falun Dafa 62. The Kensington Falls Church 63. Tinkus Tiataco USA

Parade starts at 2 p.m. at the intersection of N. West St. and Park Ave. and runs through the intersection of Park Ave. and Little Falls St.

ME MO R I A L DAY

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