Keywords: Religious organizations
Item 109079
Auditorium at the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting, Northport, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Northport Media: Film Negative
Item 28379
G.W. Pierce on religious convert, Brunswick, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Brunswick; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Exhibit
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 Page
Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy
"Currently the largest organization of religious women in the English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3
"… for two or three weeks.” In the 1890s the organizations that became the American Nurses Association and National League for Nursing had formed, and…"
Story
Mike Remillard shares his in-depth knowledge of our community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
You will learn a lot from Mike's fascination with many topics from church organs to submarines.
Story
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
