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This year, 2022, Maine Moxie week is BACK
after a two-year Covid-related hiatus. Most of the traditional events of
the week will be returning this year, but some will not, and some
schedules have changed. Traditionally during Maine Moxie Week, NEMCers
are encouraged to begin their week in Maine traveling from north to
south, and this year the first major event will be held all day at the
impressive Moxie (Matthews) Museum in Union on Friday, July 8th,
complete with a Moxie BBQ and other attractions. We do suggest that if
you are in the Midcoast Maine area during 4th of July week that before
Friday you consider visiting, dining, and even staying at Moody's Diner
in Waldoboro, and that you visit S. Fernald's Country Store in
Damariscotta for lunch featuring your choice of the best sandwiches on
the Maine coast to go along with your ice cold Moxie! Click on the logos
above to get to the respective websites of these Moxie Trail stops.
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After that, it's southward on to Lisbon Falls and
Kennebunkport (see venues below). At some point, it is a must to stop
by, imbibe, and dine at Frank's Restaurant and Pub, the beautifully
restored former Moxie store which was the iconic domain of the late
Frank Anicetti, a legend in the annals of Moxie history. Saturday 7/9 is
the big day! A huge hour-long parade starts at 10 am featuring as many
vehicles as we NEMCers can come up with (horsemobiles, go-karts, bottle
wagons, etc) in our parade section. During the day, NEMC will have tents
and tables to display and sell cold Moxie and "stuff" such as old
bottles, cans, cartons, signs, and other antique memorabilia, along with
hats, teeshirts, aprons, and other Moxie-related gear. The day is capped
off with our authentic down-east LobstahFeast at 4:30 pm, with
entertainment by our own Gary Crocker, followed by our annual NEMC
Business Meeting.
Click HERE
for a registration form. On Sunday 7/10, we repair to the Seashore
Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport to participate in their famous Moxie Day
event.
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Later in the summer and into the fall,
more Moxie-related events (see below) traditionally take place, and
all NEMCers are encouraged to attend them. NEW DATES THIS YEAR...The
Union Fair takes place in late July (7/27-7/31), with the Matthews
(Moxie) Museum open all week. Moxie lover Calvin Coolidge was
inaugurated in 1923 at his home in Plymouth Notch VT, and an annual
celebration of that occasion takes place there each year in early
August. At the AACA meet in Hershey PA in early October, a group of
NEMCers host a Moxie tasting booth for the faithful and the
uninitiated, and around Columbus Day, the annual Pumpkinfest takes
place in Damariscotta ME enhanced by a distinctive Moxie flavor to
all of it.
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