Fourth of July

THE BANNER YET WAVES  |  Local Scouts take pains to ensure U.S. flags receive respectful end

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Before a U.S. flag is respectfully consigned to the flames, it’s painstakingly prepared. It’s an ongoing task around here: Rotary Club of Kilgore’s year-round flag program sees hundreds of shining examples of Old Glory raised for every patriotic holiday, and on each outing, the weather takes its toll. Local Rotarians regularly entrust the frayed stars […]

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July 4 parade ready to roll for Kilgore’s America 250 festivities

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In case you missed all the red, white and blue, there’s a bit of a to-do this weekend in Kilgore and across the US of A. Saturday marks America’s Semiquincentennial (that’s 250 years, for the rest of us) and the local Daughters of the American Revolution weren’t going to let it pass without due honors

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