Keywords: Labor Day
Item 104176
Labor Day Parade, Millinocket, 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print
Item 104177
Labor Day Parade, Millinocket, 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Exhibit
In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Child Labor
"Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they are not always mandatory, and child labor is still a big issue everywhere."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"However U.S. and Canadian locals labor, toil, and intermarry; family names centuries old mingle through intermarriage across the border."
Story
My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano
Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
