The Town of Union celebrated the 238th anniversary of its founding this year during Founders Day Weekend, July 20th to July 22nd. The Selectmen of Union were coordinating the activities.

Founders Days 2012 were full of fun and celebrated our town’s great history. From the Friday evening Pie Social to the Sunday afternoon Golf Tournament, there was something for everyone to enjoy. We include here some photographs of the activities and hope if you have others to share that you will send them to us to post.

Next year’s official Founders Day will be July 20, 2013. There will be activities on Friday evening, the 19th and on Sunday, the 21st - another full weekend of honoring our community’s past, present and future. We are looking for constructive comments and hope you will assist us in planning for another old fashioned celebration. If you or your organization would like to be part of the weekend next year, please contact us here and we will make sure your name and contact information goes to the correct person.

We have included some photos from the 2012 Founders Day celebrations for your enjoinment.

Tumblewood Inc. held its first World Games on the Common in Union. FMI on this Union made game and its creator, see
http://www.tumblewoodgame.com/

The Come Spring Bus Tour held many delights for those interested in the history of Union, as well as those who enjoy the landscape of woods, ponds and farms that remains little changed from the early days after settlement. Several stops are on private property where the owners graciously host the tour participants and share the sites of the founders’ first dwellings. This plaque marks the cellar hole of the cabin where Phillip Robbins and his large family spent their first winter in 1774.

The Come Spring Cabin was in the parade on Founders Day and was a backdrop for the “Come Spring Chronicles,” a dramatization of the popular historical novel COME SPRING (1940).

“Welcome Home Vets” was the theme of the Founders Day parade.

The cast for the “Come Spring Chronicles,” a dramatization of the popular historical novel COME SPRING (1940) which was set in Union by author Ben Ames Williams, using actual people, places and events to tell of the early settlement of a typical inland Maine town during the time of the Revolutionary War.

Moxie inventor, Augustin Thompson, was from Union; on Founders Day everyone has MOXIE!

Tour Bus participants end their tour at the Ebenezer Alden property. When Alden built his store, the first in Union in 1797, there were just 20 families in town. This barn was a later addition to the property in the mid-1860’s.

The MidCoast Community Band, directed by Joann Parker, played for the crowds on Founders Day in Union.

The Selectmen of Union coordinated the events of Founders Day. Here they work to deflate the “Moon Walk” that children had enjoyed during the day.

A Sunday morning worship service on the Common began with gospel music.