This year’s Independence Day festivities are set to start Saturday morning, kicking off five whole days of activities.

Organized by the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, the celebration is a high mark on the community’s annual calendar, typically drawing in hundreds of visitors. Every year’s observance has a theme, and 2018 will call attention to our shared resources and the opportunities they provide: “Thankful for our Great Land.”

“Which could mean our local land, or our country,” said Cyni Crary, executive director at the Chamber.

A logo capturing that idea was designed by arti...