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Big rockets, American flags and military men: Historic July 4 photos

Posted June 30, 2017

Updated June 19, 2019

Julia McCueStaff Writer

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Richard Corbett, 8, of 6 Grant Street, center, shows little trepidation as he prepares to touch off the grand-daddy of all rockets, but his friends Norman Bombary, 6, of 25 Grant St., left, and Robert Meserve, 5, of 9 Carlton St. display considerable alarm. The boys were holding a holiday celebration in 1939. Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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