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Item 111717

Lower Main Street, Fort Kent, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1903 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

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400 years of New Mainers

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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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

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?

Site Pages

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"On April 12th, 1861, Northerners, Mainers and citizens of Biddeford and Saco were angered by the surprise and the tragedy of the attack."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… Society The month of April in 1865, Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy of emotions."

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"… back home I was facing audiences full of Mainers with French heritage like myself unable to comprehend the meaning of these songs—stories…"

My Maine Stories

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Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC

Story

Mémère’s Notebook
by Robert Sylvain

My Mémère’s Notebook of old Acadian Folksongs

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars