American flag on the Fourth of July on the bridge at the Selectmen's Building, Somesville, Maine

American flag on the Fourth of July on the bridge at the Selectmen's Building in the rain, Somesville, Maine. First settled in 1761, Somesville is the oldest village on Maine's Mount Desert Island. The small white building was built in the 1780s by the son of Abraham Somes, the village's founder. The arched bridge crossing the stream was built in 1981 as a memorial to a descendent of Somesville's founder and connects the Selectmen's Building to a museum on the opposite shore. This is one of the most photographed scenes in Maine.

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