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Historical Items Showing 3 of 605 View All
Item 7006
Title: Frye School, Lewiston
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library
Date: circa 1900
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photograph
Item 67533
Title: St. Mary's School, Lewiston, 1909
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: 1909
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photograph
Item 9267
Title: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library
Date: circa 1960
Location: Lewiston
Media: Postcard
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Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
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St-Jean-Baptiste Day in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century.
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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's
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