Happy July 4th!

We hope many of you were here at Joe's Pond to see the fireworks tonight - another spectacular display, and the weather was super, although a little on the cool side at least it didn't rain. (This photo was taken in 2003 by Jason Randall on W. Shore Rd.) Tomorrow the forecast is for showers perhaps in the afternoon. We hope the parades and celebrations will not be spoiled by bad weather. Cabot's parade begins at 11 o'clock, and is always fun to watch.

I hope you'll tune in tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. to WSTJ, 1340 on your dial, to hear David Book talk about his new book on the men from Cabot who served in the Civil War. After his radio interview, he will be going directly to the Historical Society building in Cabot where he will be talking about his book and signing copies. David has a vast knowledge about the Civil War. He did many hours of research and visited numerous cemeteries in the south where men from Cabot are buried. He told me he has not only great respect for these men he learned so much about through their letters and journals, but developed a feeling of closeness, as if he'd known them each personally. I hope you'll come and meet him tomorrow - he will be at the Cabot Historical Society rooms most of the day. See you there! (Photo courtesy of Cabot Historical Society.)