Happy 4th of July. This year its a long three day holiday starting this friday with parades, fireworks and neighborhood parties here on the Cape. Its sure to be a very busy weekend with a lot of people coming to the Cape to celebrate our country's anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence from England in 1776!

Did you know that in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was initially signed on July 2 by John Hancock the presiding officer and Charles Thompson the secretary. The rest of the needed signatures would have to wait. Two days later Congress approved a revised version and ordered it be printed and distributed to the states and military officers. Hence our celebration on the 4th!