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Occasionally, “Major” Ron Phelps would join the 14th Regiment of Foote and lead a futile British assault on the Patriot defenses at Great Bridge. (Photo by Bob Ruegsegger/freelance)

By Bob Ruegsegger | bruegse@yahoo.com | Correspondent

PUBLISHED: September 7, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

For more than two decades, Ron Phelps tirelessly promoted and celebrated the annual Battle of Great Bridge reenactment in Chesapeake.

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