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Item 103105

Selective Service Draft Law registration poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper

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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.