The next weekend after the destruction of the Trading Post, the Town of Franklin celebrated "Franklin Fest" - a veritable orgy of yard sales. Here, the King of Southwest Harbor, Merle Cousins (L) confronts the King of Franklin Yard Sales, Bob Fernald. The conversation went something like, "Of course, it has great sentimental value to me, but you can have it for seventy-five cents."

July 13, 2002
Franklin, Maine