Travel: Celebrating America’s Independence is a Bristol tradition

The New England, coastal town of Bristol, Rhode Island, takes patriotism seriously as its Fourth of July celebration is the oldest and most continuous in the country.Independence Day is a dandy in this town as American flags and red-white-and-blue buntings hang from Colonial- to Federal-style to Victorian homes. Window boxes brim with red, white and blue flowers, patriotic wreaths and wooden Uncle Sam statues decorate porches, and most decorations stay up all summer.Bristol’s […]  » Read More