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Registration closes 24-hours prior to event. On Labor Day, 1925, an estimated 100,000 people gathered downtown to celebrate the opening of Binghamton’s new Memorial Bridge. Spanning the Chenango River at Riverside Drive, the massive 5-arch concrete bridge was dedicated “to those citizens of Broome County whose unselfish service in our American wars expresses man’s highest ideal of patriotic devotion.” The celebration on opening day was reported to be the greatest celebratory event in the history of Binghamton. This is the story of Binghamton’s Memorial Bridge, from conception to completion, told through news articles of the day, vintage construction photographs, personal accounts and historic documents. Presented by Broome County Historian, Roger Luther.