Here in Eastport, Maine the Fourth of July is also celebrated as Old Home Week and the festivities last Throughout a very long weekend.
Residents who have had to move away due to lack of jobs or because of personal choices return to visit family, to celebrate Independence Day, and to attend High School Class Reunions.
Most Americans don't know that Eastport was under English rule for four years. Yes for a brief period of time we were a conquered city. I imagine for that particular reason citizens of Eastport celebrate the Fourth of July like nowhere else in our country. Watching the elaborate fireworks display (none better anywhere) as the long holiday draws to a close, raises a small lump in your throat and makes you proud to be a member of the Eastport community - whether by birth or by choice. I wasn't born here, but I got here as fast as I could.
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