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Keywords: Celebrations
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Item 12245
Title: U.S. Bicentennial Celebration, Brunswick, 1976
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: 1976-07-04
Location: Brunswick
Media: Photograph, print
Item 6002
Title: Gardiner coliseum, 1899
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1899
Location: Gardiner
Media: Photograph
Item 15842
Title: Centennial Celebration, Eliot, 1910
Contributed by: William Fogg Library
Date: 1910
Location: Eliot
Media: Postcard
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A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Exhibit
Christmas, a Christian holiday observed by many Mainers, has a very public, seasonal face that makes it visible to those of all beliefs.
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century.
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Site
A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.