Keywords: Petitions
Item 10954
Nuclear referendum petitions, Augusta, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-02-12 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 104250
A petition against dividing the town of Berwick, 1799
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation
"On March 13, 1777 a successful petition was sent to the general court of Massachusetts requesting incorporation under that name."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive
"and Elijah Richardson who all signed a petition to Governor Bernard in 1768. The second major group of settlers came from Eastham, Cape Cod…"
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine
