Happy 100th Birthday L.L.Bean!
May. 18, 2012

Would Maine be Maine without L.L.Bean? And would L.L.Bean be L.L.Bean without Maine? The state and the store are intertwined, and we couldn't be happier about that. Please join us in wishing this iconic company a happy birthday. Here's to another one hundred years!

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