Keywords: baptism
Item 20541
Baptism at Madawaska Lake, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: T16 R4 WELS; Stockholm Media: Photographic print
Item 102742
John Petropulos' certificate of birth and baptism, Lewiston, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930-05-25 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.
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
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce
"… to hold services and to perform marriages, baptisms and funerals. But the first religious organization on the island was not formed until 1792…"