Had to dash down to the Library of Congress this week because
I realized I had an overdue book ("Curious George Plays
With Fireworks"). While I was there, I began snooping
around and stumbled across a document that sheds startling
new light on our nation’s very first July
4th celebration.

The year was 1776. Thomas Jefferson threw a barbecue at his
house and all the founding fathers were there, along with
everybody who was anybody during those heady days before the
Revolution.

The Washingtons — George, Martha and little Denzel — stopped
by with some of Martha’s famous lo-carb cherry pie, considered
to be the tastiest in the Colonies.     MORE