After Independence Day festivities

Published 10:16 am Friday, June 28, 2013

On Sunday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m., The Church of the Transfiguration will celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s independence with a Festival Holy Eucharist. The prelude, beginning at 10:20 a.m., will be Musick of the Fife and Drum -Revolutionary War tunes compiled by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

The fife and drums will join the organ to enhance the many patriotic hymns as well as Irving Berlin’s beloved God Bless America, which will be sung by the choir. The conclusion of the service will feature the organ and instruments in E. Power Biggs’ arrangement of John Phillip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever.

The public is invited to join for the Sunday after Independence Day festivities. The Church is located at 72 Charles Street in Saluda.
For more information call the church at 828-749-9740

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by Dr. Carl Gilmer