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Main Street, Dexter, 1963

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1963 Location: Dexter Media: Postcard

Main Street, Dexter, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Dexter Media: Postcard

24-26 Willis Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Annie A Dexter Use: Dwelling

Dexter High School building, Dexter, 1950-1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950–1952 Location: Dexter Client: Town of Dexter High Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Park & Barstow Inc. alterations to third floor, Dexter, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Dexter Client: Park & Barstow Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary

A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"Dexter Lee, on the ground in the picture on the right, rubs his side every time he sees this picture!"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources

"… Many thanks to our island Historians: Dexter Lee, Gwen May, Sonny Sprague, Marion Stinson, Caroline Martin, and Dot Barnes"

Longfellow Studies: The Exile of the People of Longfellow's "Evangeline"

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Other materials needed: - Copy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline" - Print media and Internet access for research - Deportation Orders (may use primary document with a secondary source interpretation) Throughout the course of history there have been many events in which great suffering was inflicted upon innocent people. The story of the Acadian expulsion is one such event. Britain and France, the two most powerful nations of Europe, were at war off and on throughout the 18th century. North America became a coveted prize for both warring nations. The French Acadians of present day Nova Scotia fell victim to great suffering. Even under an oath of allegiance to England, the Acadians were advised that their families were to be deported and their lands confiscated by the English. This event was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Evangeline", which was published in 1847.