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Start your new tradition Saturday November 30 on Small Business Saturday

November 24, 2013 By Joe Pagano

d280f416a66683cf20d243034257a834Thanksgiving weekend has its traditions: eating turkey with family and friends on Thursday, shopping for bargains on Friday and shopping at local small businesses on Saturday. Yes, in just four short years, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has become ingrained in American life as the day to show support of, and shop at, local, independently owned businesses — it is known as “Small Business Saturday”.  Beat the hustle and bustle of your local malls on Saturday and take a walk or a ride through downtown to see what it offers.

Downtownflatrock.com has a list of local businesses, click here or click for more stories on Small Business Saturday.

REMEMBER – SHOP LOCAL – SHOP FLAT ROCK – ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

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The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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