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Farm Stand in Westfield on U.S. Route 1 (September 2001)

Farm Stand in Westfield on U.S. Route 1 (September 2001)

1802 Dedication of Massachusetts Hall, the first building erected on the Bowdoin College campus.
1816 Voters support statehood for Maine 12,007 to 10,382, but fail to get the 5/9 majority required by Massachusetts.
1830 Birth date in Lewiston of U.S. Senator (1881-1911) William P. Frye, who also served as Maine Attorney General from 1867 to 1869.
1960 John Kennedy is the first Democratic presidential candidate since 1932 to visit Bangor. He then travels to Presque Isle and Portland.
1977 Portland Press Herald notes the first Common Ground Country Fair with the headline “Fair to have Extra Features.”

 

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