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In Photos: Amissville carnival and parade

by | Jul 3, 2025

Uncle Sam on roller skates leading the Culpeper Republicans float.
Parade float judge Janie Jenkins watching floats and cars go by.
An antique jeep from the Centreville Volunteer Fire Department rides down the parade route.
Attendees remove their hats and stand as the Culpeper honor guard passes, starting off the parade.
Little Miss AVFR Gracelyn Pullen Smith waves from an antique pickup truck as storms roll in behind the carnival.
The “Dirty Diesel” racer speeds down 211.
Families watch excitedly as the parade progresses.
Roaming Herd Equine Services rides down the parade route.
Parade judges watch the parade progress down Route 211.
Little Miss Amissville Wren Lake in her pink pageant dress after the parade.
A young parade attendee waving his American flag.
Cowgirls lassoing on the Serendipity Equine float.
Attendees lined a half-mile stretch of Route 211 in Amissville to watch the annual Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue parade Thursday evening.
A young woman dressed as a cow throws candy to children watching the parade.
Wakefield Supervisor Debbie Donehey riding in a fire engine in Thursday’s parade.
Two young paradegoers hanging out in the shade of their trunk waiting for Thursday’s parade to begin.
Cooling off before the parade starts in Amissville Thursday.
Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton waving to the crowd.
Tiny Miss Amissville Tatum Good riding on the top of an SUV, waving to the crowd, in the Amissville parade Thursday.
A carnival worker protects himself from the sun with an umbrella at the strong man game.
A young girl checks her height against requirements for the carnival rides.
Two kids riding the “Super Slide” on Saturday night.
Fresh funnel cake being coated with powdered sugar.
Playing three boards at once at Saturday’s bingo at the Amissville carnival.
Kids enjoying a ride on the swing ride Saturday night.
Pitching at the dunk booth.
David Hoadley covers his snow cone with cherry syrup Saturday night at the carnival.
Jessica Hall, owner of the Amissville Market, with her granddaughter, Bailey, playing bingo on Saturday night.
Bella VIckers tests swings the hammer at the strong man game while family and mom, Brittany, watch.
A young girl looks over the back for her ferris wheel seat as it rises to the top of the wheel Saturday.
The “Round Up” ride spins at full speed.
Thunder clouds roll in behind the super slide ride Thursday evening.
The “Round Up” ride before a lightning storm rolled in Thursday evening.
Kids scream as they round the corner on the dragon rollercoaster.
Jan-cier Guanill riding solo on the swing ride Thursday night after the parade.
The ferris wheel against the evening clouds Saturday.

Residents gathered last Thursday night for the annual Amissville parade, which concluded just before a thunderstorm rolled through the festivities.

The Amissville Carnival, which benefits Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, began Wednesday and was open each evening through Saturday, June 28.

Photos by Ireland Hayes

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  • Ireland Hayes

    Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.

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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.