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Item 20411

Coming of the Swedes Re-enactment, 1920

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 22295

Coming of the Swedes, 40th Anniversary, 1910

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Fort Fairfield; New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 149028

New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1940 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic postcard

Online Exhibits

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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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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Coming of the Swedes Re-enactmentNew Sweden Historical Society One of the first pieces of business once the Swedes arrived was to assign families to…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… Land." Here is their story, "The Coming of the Swedes." Coming of the Swedes, 40th Anniversary, 1910New Sweden Historical Society"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony

"… needed and the frugal nature of these early Swedes meant that when things were broken, they were fixed."