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Historical Items

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Item 62177

Roadwork on international bridge, Campobello Island, 1962

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1962-05-07 Location: Lubec; Campobello Island Media: Photographic print

Item 62165

Trestle work for the Roosevelt International Bridge, Lubec, 1961

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1961-10-29 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 17957

Van Buren International Bridge, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Van Buren; St. Leonard Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Exhibit

Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Exhibit

Samantha Smith's Questions

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 Pages

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Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… 1962 Lubec Historical Society Final work on international bridge, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society Finish work on the bridge approach…"

Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"While still in the Grange building we had several interns from Carrabec High School, developed programs with teachers at Central School, and held…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… gift shop catering to tourists 1962 • Roosevelt International Bridge opens linking Lubec and Campobello Island • West Quoddy Head State Park…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The story behind David Moses Bridges' basket
by Patricia Ayala Rocabado

The story behind David Moses Bridges' (1962-2017) birch bark basket

Story

My Peace on Earth
by Dana Eidsness

She left Maine for school and vowed she'd never move back.

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.