Named after an English Village called "Happy-go-lucky Harwich" by Queen Elizabeth, Harwich projects the feel of a friendly family town. There are numerous family activities all summer long, crowned by the annual Cranberry Harvest Festival held in September. Although Henry Hall of Dennis is credited for figuring out how to cultivate the wild cranberry, it was "Harwichian" Alvin Cahoon who used that knowledge to begin the first commercial bog. Today's Harwich still abounds with many working cranberry bogs.