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Take a look back at these historic Labor Day photos

By Natalie Williams,

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This story was originally published in 2019.

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of the summer season while celebrating the country’s workforce. Whether you escape for a mini road trip or relax in gorgeous Maine, it’s easy to make memories during this three-day weekend.

We’re taking a look back at 65 years of the Labor Day holiday through photos of fairs, beaches and 5-mile runs.

What are your favorite Labor Day memories? Share them in the comments section below.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=256UQO_0vHnISdg00 — People poured into and through Bangor at Union Station on Labor Day weekend in this 1954 file photo. Credit: F. Norman Webb / BDN Credit: Spike Webb

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0J0GIN_0vHnISdg00 — A girl holds a large pumpkin at the Blue Hill Fair in 1965. Credit: BDN file photo Credit: File

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=21Fvmd_0vHnISdg00 — Mainers check out the animals at the Blue Hill Fair in 1986. Credit: BDN file photo Credit: File

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=39ol8A_0vHnISdg00 — Runners compete in the 1987 Bangor Labor Day 5-mile race. Credit: Bob DeLong / BDN Credit: Bob DeLong

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3WaGiD_0vHnISdg00 — Several tourists enjoy the sunlight on the Stonington Fish Pier on Labor Day 1993. Credit: BDN file photo Credit: File

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3rw0E7_0vHnISdg00 — Maine author-actor-teacher Harlan Baker performs his one-man play “Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement” during Food AND Medicine and Eastern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day picnic at the Solidarity Center in Brewer in this 2009 file photo. Credit: John Clarke Russ / BDN Credit: John Clarke Russ

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