Keywords: Capitol Restaurant
Item 30185
Sanford High School Band, Main Street, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Sanford Media: Photo transparency
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
