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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… its kind that has been held in the country.” The centennial committee organized a series of grand activities including an exposition, several…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Centennial program, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Use of the zoom tool to read Monday's schedule, upper left of the program, lists a…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Centennial on Main Street, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The Weather and the Program As a seaman and also Customs Collector, the personal…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"… Description In celebration of the centennial of its founding, the Presque Isle Centennial Committee sponsored the cultivation and…"

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Guilford High School - Centennial - 1916Guilford Historical Society By 1916 Guilford had built a state of the art grade school building located…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In this Centennial we have all done our best to pay full credit to the memories of our men and women not now with us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Celebration held on July 4 -- Visit the Centennial Exhibit 1916 • Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 •…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"In planning for Presque Isle’s Centennial, which occurred in 1959, Mr. Carlton Corliss of the Association of American Railroads and Congressman…"

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Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Maine Centennial parade, military marching band, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Chandler's Band Click to explore…"

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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"John Susep at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media John Francis Susep (1880-1964) was a member of the…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The Universalist Church is located on the northwest corner of School Street and North Main Street across the road from the Town Hall andd Fire…"

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882."

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Copies of the Guilford Register newspapers have been preserved on microfilm and the original newspapers are kept at the Guilford Historical Society…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… in two verses of a poem he wrote for the 1903 Centennial: Old Surry was blessed by nature/With her harbor, hills and steams/The streams that…"

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… trees, the tapering spires of churches.” (Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903) At the cusp of the 20th century, thanks to generous natural resources…"

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"As F.L. Hayward noted in his Centennial address, “Note the thoroughness of today's celebration and rally and who asks for more to prophesy her future…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Warren Dalton was the next leader and took over in 1893. This band broke up in 1900, and there were no more organized bands until the late 1940s."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"During the celebration, a history of the school was presented and an alumni association was officially formed."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The bell has been rung more frequently in recent years at the Fourth of July celebration, as well as Patriots Day."

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Lithgow Public Library

"… beautiful interior spaces in the state of Maine. The library is on the National Register of Historic Places and celebrated its centennial in 1996."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor: Bangor Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976. Print. Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Bangor, The Center of Maine."

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"As the Sisters celebrated the centennial of their founding in Maine that year, Mercy Hospital was providing a greater variety of services than ever…"