Keywords: Community celebrations
Item 11115
Grandstand, Houlton Community Park, 1914
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 65047
Community Christmas Club program cover, Surry, 1971
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1971 Location: Surry Media: Typed and mimeographed paper program
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Exhibit
Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved
"… in 1962 as part of the city’s bicentennial celebration. But just six years later much of the architectural and cultural heritage of the city was…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2
"Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration by Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Lubec staged a grand celebration in 1911 observing the Town’s…"
Story
63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy
What happens when there are no more reunions planned.
Story
Blessing of the Creatures MAINEUSA
by Marty Pottenger
Passamaquoddy "Blessing of the Creatures'' honors the creatures of Maine.
Lesson Plan
How Do Communities Represent Themselves
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
