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Ruritan National is a service club located in small towns and rural areas in the United States. It aims to achieve "Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service". The local clubs are autonomous from the national organization. Many Ruritan clubs sponsor local clubs or chapters of 4-H, the National FFA Organization, or a Boy Scouts of America troop.
View of Abingdon c. 1845 Barter Theatre. The region was long the territory of varying cultures of indigenous peoples, including the Chisca and Xualae.From the late 17th-century, it was occupied by the Cherokee Nation, whose territory extended from the present-day area of borders of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky through the spine of North Carolina and later into Georgia.
Bena is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The community is located on Virginia State Route 216 , 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point . Bena has a post office with ZIP code 23018.
The 2008 Shad Planking event. The Shad Planking is an annual political event in Virginia which takes place every April near Wakefield in Sussex County.It is sponsored by a chapter of the Ruritans, a community service organization which was founded in the small town of Holland about 30 miles to the southeast.
Abingdon Bank. 225 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA c. 1845 Greek revival/Late Victorian architecture: Originally housed a resident cashier and his family in one section, and bank, counting room, and vault in the other. [6] Fields-Penn House 208 W. Main St. 1860 Georgian proportions and Greek revival elements [8]
[citation needed] He was active in the bar association, as well as Halifax School Board, and with the Ruritan Club, Masons, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Virginia Farm Bureau. Beginning in 1958, during the Massive Resistance crisis, Anderson served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Halifax County and South Boston ...
Graham, an Old English Sheepdog, competes in the Herding Group during the 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, U.S., February 10 ...
Within the Village Center are homes, two marinas, a restaurant, post office, and a former community center (originally this building was the old Rescue school constructed in 1925, which ultimately served as the meeting place for the Rescue Community League and Ruritan Club).