NORTH STAFFORD, Va. – Residents came to Stafford Marketplace off Va. 610 in North Stafford on Tuesday night to celebrate the county’s largest National Night Out celebration to date.
The annual celebration is designed to get neighbors out of their homes, meeting others, and tasking a stand against crime and illegal drug use.






One-year-old Adam took the wheel of his grandfather Mike Shepherd’s 1956 Chevrolet Corvette.
(Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Sean, 6, Samantha, 2, Rylee, 2, Logan, 1 and Lincoln, 3, sat on a curb and enjoyed hotdogs at National Night Out at Stafford Marketplace (Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Stafford County SPCA’s Bill Hoyt with a recuperating “Chip,” a dog found along roadside suffering a broken leg. (Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

(Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Members of the Stafford County Traffic Safety Unit, Mike Powell, Tyler Johnson and Bill Crane, maneuver their motorcycles in an obstacle course. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)