Bedford Farmers Market Welcomes Local Singer Today

1. It's Farmer's Market Day in Bedford! That's right, this and every Tuesday this summer, the Bedford Farmer's Market is open from 3-6 p.m. in the St. Elizabeth Seton Church Parking lot. This week, Amy Conley is the guest musician. She plays at 4 p.m.

2. No fireworks in Bedford, but ... Manchester has Fourth of July fireworks on Wednesday night and Amherst, Merrimack and New Boston have displays set for Thursday night. For a local listing and map of Independence Day festivities, click here.

3. The weatherman says ... Rain and thunderstorms are likely today as the forecast, according to Weather.com, calls for a 80-percent chance of precipitation and a high of 80 degrees.

4. On the agenda. The following is a list of government meetings scheduled in Bedford today:

• 7 p.m. - Historic District Commission (BCTV Bedford Town Meeting Room)

5. On this day ... July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. According to History.com:

In the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The 10 years that followed saw great strides for the African-American civil rights movement, as non-violent demonstrations won thousands of supporters to the cause. Memorable landmarks in the struggle included the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955--sparked by the refusal ofAlabama resident Rosa Parks to give up her seat on a city bus to a white woman--andMartin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech at a rally of hundreds of thousands in Washington, D.C., in 1963.