On October 11^th, 2020, Manassas Assembly held an event for colonial ghost tours in Alexandria.  A couple of different Assemblies showed up, which made the girls very happy.  The tours started off with our amazing and nice tour guide leading us to a house of spooky tales.  After that she directed us to a gelato shop.  Everyone was confused of why we were stopped at a gelato shop, until our tour guide explained a story of a girl who was burned in her wedding dress on her wedding day, and was to forever haunt the gelato shop.  After the scary story of the gelato shop, we were told stories of The Tomb Unknown Soldier of the Revolutionary War, a killing sailor who has not said his final words, and even got to learn about clothing of the colonial times!  Afterwards, we all decided to go back to the haunted gelato shop to get some spooky gelato on a rainy night, and we could’ve sworn we smelled smoke in there.  It was so much fun and really fascinating to learn about the ghost stories of Alexandria, and I hope I can learn more about them.

In Rainbow Love & Service,

-Samantha – Manassas Assembly #13

Attending 2 Zoom functions

On July 11^th, 2020, I logged onto Zoom and got to enjoy and support many of my Rainbow sisters at the same time.  At first, I logged on and got into the Quantico Freedom installation and got to enjoy a Frozen themed ceremony from the comfort of my own home.  Then after a little while I got another computer and logged onto another Rainbow Girl’s dance recital that was being broadcasted on Zoom.  It was so much fun to be able to watch a Rainbow Girl dance and others be installed at the same time while being able to support my Rainbow sisters under our circumstances.

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Sam – Manassas Assembly #13

Member of the Junior Grand Executive Board

A Grand Year: Glinda’s Getaway Retreat Day 1

Between June 2019 and March 2020 we had many Grand Assembly Events and I think that during this time it is very important to remember all the good things that we got to do!

Rainbow Retreat was a three-day event that took place at Camp Overlook this year. We named the Retreat “Glinda’s Getaway Retreat” after our grand year, and it was a super fun time! Over the three days, we made a ton of good memories.

On the first night, girls arrived at the camp and set up our cabins. We had to clean the different areas to make sure everything would be ready for the events we had planned. We played games and watched movies as we waited for everyone to get to the camp. The group leaders had a meeting where we talked about all the events we had planned for the next morning. By the end of the first night, most of our girls had arrived at camp and set up their bunks in the cabins. Our girls were very excited, and we stayed up most of the night talking and laughing with each other, very excited for what the next day had in store!

In Rainbow Love and Service,

Kaitlyn “Gigi”

Grand Worthy Advisor 2019-2020