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Historical Items Showing 3 of 220 View All
Item 28783
Title: Lincoln/Hamlin Campaign Flag, 1860
Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
Date: 1860
Media: printed fabric
Item 11794
Title: McGovern-Eagleton presidential campaign button, 1972
Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library
Date: 1972
Media: metal, campaign button
Item 12114
Title: Margaret Chase Smith for President Campaign Button, 1964
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1964
Location: Skowhegan
Media: metal backed pin with plastic coated photograph
Exhibits Showing 3 of 7 View All
Exhibit
Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.
Exhibit
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.
Exhibit
Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
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Site
The history of a town bordered by the Kennebec and Sandy Rivers as depicted by students from Skowhegan Area Middle School working in close proximity with members of the Skowhegan Historical Society. Exhibits include the Skowhegan Island, farming, log drives, Benedict Arnold’s March, early settlement, Bloomfield Academy, Lakewood Theater, and the Abenakis.