First Ruritan Club

First Ruritan Club is a Virginia historical marker in Suffolk County, dedicated 1959.

Suffolk County · dedicated 1959 · Intersection of Business Rte. 58 and Rte. 189, at Holland

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The first Ruritan Club was founded here in Holland, Va., on May 21, 1928. Ruritan is an organization of rural leaders striving through community service, fellowship and good will to make the rural community a better place in which to live.

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