There’s excitement in the air as Block Island gets ready to celebrate the Fourth of July this year. Presented by the Double Ender Committee and supported by donations large and small, the island events were the brainchild of Edie Blane, years ago.
Visiting Block Island, it is often said, is akin to stepping back in time. But Block Island behind the times? Nonsense. In fact Block Island’s weathered, toughas-nails year-round population declared its independence on March 2, 1774, fully two years.