Aquadilla Puerto Rico
Wed. Jul 16, 2008

A Mechanicsville Local, Terry Tucker, reads The Mechanicsville Local during a recent visit to Aquadilla Puerto Rico.
-submitted by Tracy Tucker

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Jon-Jon at Va Beach
Thu. Jul 10, 2008

He isn't holding the Mechanicsville Local, but this is a great shot of my son, Jon-Jon Carroll, cooling off at Virginia Beach, about to be nailed by a wave!
-submitted by Amy Carroll

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Local visits the Caribbean
Thu. Jul 10, 2008

Rene Seiders & Tom O'Connor, both of Mechanicsville took a cruise to the Western Caribbean, and took the Local with them. This picture was taken on the 4th of July on the beach in Freeport, The Bahamas.
-submitted by Rene Seiders

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Disney Wonder
Wed. Jul 9, 2008

Brooke Elrod, Brynne Elrod, Amanda Elrod (holding local), Abigail Peters and Austin Padgett are stading in front of the Stack on the Disney Wonder which took us to Castaway Cay and Nassau, Bahamas.
-submitted by Cathey Elrod

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Hanover Courthouse - where it all started
Tue. Jun 24, 2008

Photos by Bridget Hazel

Visitors to historic Hanover County Courthouse got a special treat last Saturday as re-enactors portrayed the famous Parsons Cause case, regarded by many historians as the opening shot of the American Revolution.

The case revolved around the payment of clergymen in Virginia, who appealed directly to the King of England when their salaries were reduced by the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Above, Patrick Henry, portrayed by Mike Wells of Virginia Patriots, Inc., makes an impassioned defense against the Plaintiff.

According to the Parsons Cause Foundation, Patrick Henry called the King a tyrant and and maintained he no longer merited the obedience of the people.

At left, Hanover County’s Sheriff Tompkins, portrayed by Steve Hawkins and looking appropriately stern, keeps the court in order.

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