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Buildings decorated for Randolph's centennial include the Randolph Register office (which also contained William French's news shop and Sidney French's boot and shoe store), the Lyceum (Young Men's Catholic Lyceum Association)/Knights of Columbus…

This parade float with a model of a mill and mill wheel on it appears to be celebrating Randolph's old grist mill on Mill St., as well as the old nail forge, also on Mill St., where the float claims the first nail in the US was made. While the truth…

This group of Randolph children gathered to celebrate May Day, complete with a maypole. The stars and stripes on the paper hat of one of the boys in the photo suggests that this may have been taken in 1918, when patriotic feelings ran high.

These young people from North Randolph were dressed up in a sailor's outfit and as Columbia (an early female personification of America similar to Lady Liberty) in a stars-and-stripes dress for a float in Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade,…

These young people from North Randolph were dressed up in a sailor's outfit and as Columbia (an early female personification of America similar to Lady Liberty) in a stars-and-stripes dress for a float in Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade,…

A woman dressed as Columbia, a personification of America, with a dress with an American flag motif, travels north on North Main St. on a horse-drawn wagon-float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association. This parade, the Welcome Home…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…