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Madison Jackson, 2 , the daughter of Ashley and Craig Jackson of Caribou, spears a piece of ham, one of the menu items offered at the annual Swedish pancake breakfast July 4 in Stockholm. Madison also enjoyed a pancake along with whipped cream and locally-grown strawberries. Madison was one of more than 300 people who went through the line and contributed to the Aroostook Brigade Lodge’s operations.
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Displaying his patriotism at seven months of age was Graedon Rosado of Fort Fairfield, visiting his great-grandmother Linda Callison during the 4th of July parade at Stockholm.
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Members of the cooking crew at the annual Swedish pancake breakfast on July 4 were from left, Carol (Wardwell) Hanley of Raymond, Pastor Dave Moore of New Sweden, and Lois (Wardwell) Knight of North Yarmouth. The breakfast, held at the Aroostook Brigade Lodge in Stockholm, is a fundraiser for the lodge, which was started more than 40 years ago by the Wardwell sisters’ father, the late Alton Wardwell of Stockholm. The lodge, owned by the Baptist Churches in Stockholm and New Sweden, is a popular location for youth and other area programs. More than 300 people were served pancakes, strawberries, ham and beans, raising about $2,000.
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Hartley Hanson, driving an antique tractor, pulled the float from the American Legion Perkins Plourde Post in Stockholm during the town’s annual July 4th parade. Riding on the float are the post’s Poppy queens.
Linda Newsome of New Sweden, left, serves homemade beans to a customer during the annual Swedish pancake breakfast at the Aroostook Brigade Lodge in Stockholm on July 4.
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Jan Ritchie of Madawaska Lake whips cream during the annual Swedish pancake breakfast on July 4 in Stockholm. The cream is combined with locally-grown strawberries that topped the pancakes served during the early morning meal.
Ian Hanley of Raymond uses a blender to combine the flour, sugar, eggs and milk needed to make Swedish pancakes, similar to a crepe, during the annual July 4 breakfast in Stockholm.
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John and Rosemary Hede were the grand marshals for the 2008 4th of July parade on Stockholm. Known for their numerous ways of serving the community, the couple is active in the Stockholm Historical Society and operated the former Hede’s Grocery at Madawaska Lake.
Carl “Buddy” Sandstrom of Stockholm rides a float that displayed an antique engine during the town’s annual July 4th parade.
Among those watching the July 4th parade in Stockholm was Valorie Wimmer with her two daughters, Audrey, 2, on her mother’s lap, and Abigail, 5. Lake, Main and School streets were lined with spectators for the annual event.
Among a line of antique tractors in the annual July 4th parade in Stockholm was this John Deere Model 60, operated by Philip St. Peter of Caribou, accompanied by his sister Melinda St. Peter.
