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| Pink Flamingos Flock to Southwest Harbor, Maine |
When July’s temperatures rise in the midst of summer on the
Quietside of Mount Desert Island, it turns hot pink as flocks of flamingos suddenly
take up residence in the front yards of businesses and homes throughout the
quaint little town of Southwest Harbor. It’s the Harbor House Flamingo Festival
that brings the plastic iconic lawn ornaments to the neighborhood, joining community,
summer residents and tourists together, year after year, in celebration of
small town life—the whole town is decked out and in the pink, so to speak, from
one end to the other. This year the colorful event takes place July 13-16 with a full
schedule and a promise to provide fun and entertainment for folks
of all ages.
It is unclear, even to the Harbor House, how this annual event
actually started. In fact, the inventor of the pink flamingo lawn decorations, Don
Featherstone, had no connection to the area, until after the festival of
flamingos was established. How it all started is really insignificant, it’s how
the event has come to symbolize a community that works and plays together
that’s important. The Flamingo Festival has become the kind of festival people add to their Maine
bucket list.
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