Keywords: hate
Item 108741
Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance Pin, Portland, ca. 1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1994 Location: Portland Media: Metal
Item 192
Ku Klux Klan outfit, Hollis, 1963
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1963-08-04 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.
Exhibit
Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2
"“I hate to think of these children drowning. I thank the people who saved them. Wyman Ramsdell is like a hero to me because if he didn’t save my…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"In New England, this war was hated as the years prior to its outbreak caused great economic difficulty to a region dependent upon maritime trade."
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
Story
An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
