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Historical Items

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Item 20301

Society of Colonial Wars, Portland, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903-06-26 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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William Maker GAR application, Gardiner, 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874-03-26 Location: Gardiner Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22534

Remarkable Old Men of Alfred, 1903

Contributed by: Alfred Historical Committee Date: 1903-06-26 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

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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.

Site Pages

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… it was more organized. Daniel Davis, one of the movement's literary leaders, published An Address to the Inhabitants of the District of Maine Upon…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"X To the dismay of the separationist movement, anti-separationists spent the summer organizing, and on Election Day in September they showed up by…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… complete with gymnasium and cafeteria, on August 26, 1951. Through the energy and persistence of its school-minded citizens, the new Strong Public…"