Flag raffle

A special Betsy Ross-inspired embroidered flag commemorating the semiquincentennial—the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence—will be raffled off by the Mathews VA250 Committee during the free patriotic walk/run and picnic being held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Mathews Court Green on Court Street. It is a 3’ x 5’ Annin Flagmaker flag, with sewn stripes and an embroidered star section manufactured at the Star Fields factory in Cobbs Creek.
