Keywords: July 4 Celebrations
Item 12173
July 4 Parade, Brunswick, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 12245
U.S. Bicentennial Celebration, Brunswick, 1976
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1976-07-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print
Exhibit
San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929
Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… on July 4 Jacob Pike's personal diary for July 4 says that the day "came in calm and fine, later warm," clearly excellent weather for the ceremony…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865
"Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description A boy in the post Civil War…"
Story
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
