In honor of Cape Verdean Independence Day, Mystic Seaport Museum is presenting special programming and a pop-up exhibit, Cape Verdeans in Norwich, by the St. Anthony Chapel Foundation on July 3. Learn about Cape Verdean contributions to American whaling, and in the afternoon hear from Candida Rose about the impact of Cape Verdean women in the music scene. Cabo Verde is an archipelago and island country in the central Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of the African continent, near Senegal.