Item 102327 - Flag Day celebrated in Biddeford, 1917
- Item 102327 - Flag Day celebrated in Biddeford, 1917
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Image Info The "great Filene flag" was borrowed from Filene's Department Store in Boston, Massachusetts to celebrate Flag Day on June 14, 1917.
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The flag was 50 feet tall and 100 feet wide, and weighed 350 pounds. It was hung on the front of the the Pepperell Manufacturing Company's building #3 to great fanfare, attended by large crowds as well as the 7th Company, Coast Artillery Corps (C.A.C.), which would depart for service at Fort Williams only two weeks later.
