Keywords: Sweden (Me.)
Item 20242
The Kapitoleum, New Sweden, ca. 1930
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 17802
Wooden grave marker, New Sweden, 1894
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1894-12-21 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Exhibit
"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners
"It serves students from New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Madawaska Lake. As part of the New Sweden School's Maine History, Local History unit…"