An SUV heads toward Tillamook on Highway 6 - a route that will be clogged with traffic this holiday weekend if past experiences hold true. Photo: Brenda Schaffer
OREGON - The Continental Congress declared freedom from a tyrannical British government on July 2, 1776, and fully adopted the document known as the Declaration of Independence two days later on July 4, 1776.
We've been dealing with the traffic ever since.
Nearly 250 years later, Americans celebrate by lighting off fireworks, barbecuing, going to parades, and drinking — a lot — at various patriotic and . . .
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