Hurrah for the Fourth of July!!!

Here's a Fourth of July story.
I'm in a Players Guild of Dearborn production of 1776 playing Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island. We're doing a performance for about 200 kids from Salina Middle School. Paul Bruce is one of their teachers. He is in the cast playing Roger Sherman. Paul frequently arranges for kids from Salina to see our shows. The school serves a depressed area of Dearborn with a large middle-eastern population. I think it's great that Paul gets the kids to the Guild for a "live theatre experience."
In the show, Pat Landio is playing Andrew McNair. McNair was sort of a custodian/barkeep/errand-runner for the Congress. During the show, McNair periodically goes over to a wall calendar and removes a sheet to indicate a passage of time. The opening date is May 8.
The play drags on. McNair reveals June 7. In real time an hour goes by. July 1. Two hours. Now we're pushing three hours. McNair tears off a calendar sheet revealing July 4.
In a voice that can be heard throughout the house, one of the kids says, "Finally!"
Hurrah for the Fourth of July!