Nottingham, New Hampshire has the coolest small town Independence Day celebration I have ever run into.

We gather together at 7 a.m. at Demmon's Old Country Store in West Nottingham, NH on Rte. 252. FREE breakfast (eggs, toast, bacon/sausage on the grill, red white & blue berry & whipped cream fruit cup) at 7 a.m. Between 8 and 9 a.m. we sit around and play traditional music (American, English, Scots, Irish) and then at 9 a.m. David Behm reads the entire Declaration of Independence from the porch of the store.

Then we go home at 9:30 a.m. -- or off to other celebrations.

I think more Americans should read the Declaration of Independence these days . . .

Linn