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Brochure

Publication Date

1969

Publisher location

Augusta, Maine

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On March 15, 1970 the State of Maine reached its 150th birthday.

The Sesquicentennial Year began with ceremonies at the special session of the State Legislature on Jan. 14 with remarks by the Governor, the legislative leaders and a discussion of Maine's varied history by Chief Justice Robert B. Williamson. Governor Curtis cut a cake decorated by a model of the original State House and prepared by the Southern Maine Vocational-Technical Institute. In addition to the joint legislative session, which passed a special order recognizing the Sesquicentennial Year, the ceremonies marking the beginning of Maine's "birthday" were held in the historic Hall of Flags where the Maine State Museum erected a large display featuring a century and a half of Maine's historic heritage.

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