
In this photograph from the Portland Evening Express on July 5, 1978, children play on the USS Maine cannon in Fort Allen Park while they wait for the evening’s Fourth of July fireworks display.

This photo, taken July 5, 2013, shows spectators on the Eastern Promenade after that year’s fireworks display was postponed one day because of rainy weather.
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