10 January—Breathe a sigh of relief if you won’t be or weren’t able to make it to today’s nonbonfire kicking off Litchfield’s celebration of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. Because it was postponed on account of threatened rain to 17 January at 4:45 p.m. Same location: Union Street, a.k.a. North Street Extension, between the center and west greens.

Lest the conflagratory postponement ruin your weekend, here are a few patriotic and otherwise relevant pictures to assuage your disappointment: