Keywords: Day District
Item 81072
One Room Schoolhouse in Day District, Monson ca. 1900
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 82253
Main Street, Decoration Day, Rockland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
Exhibit
Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools
When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812
"… of economic and demographic changes for the District of Maine. The population had increased nearly fifty percent during the 1790s, and between 1794…"
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement
"… "An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791Maine Historical Society The…"
Story
Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge
Story
Isolation!
by Leslie
Having only moved to Maine alone 8 months prior, had to freeze my life
