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Five Things You Need to Know Today: July 4, 2012
A run-down of events and other useful information for your life in Braintree today.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." 1. Today is Independence Day! It is the celebration of the day that Congress approved the wording of the Declaration of Independence, and falls two days after a formal vote to separate from Great Britain. 2. The Braintree Bi-Centennial Time Capsule Society holds a ceremony this morning from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at Town Hall that includes an annual inspection of the Time Capsule Cairn. For a full program of events and for a story on the capsule, see this article: http://patch.com/A-vJw2. 3. All city, state and federal offices …
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