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Item 122785

Ramrod Jubilee broadside, Portland, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: ink on paper

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Item 122784

Celebration broadside, Portland, July 4, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105906

Edson Giles store, Boothbay, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative

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Valentines

Valentines Day cards have long been a way to express feelings of romance or love for family or friends. These early Valentines Day cards suggest the ways in which the expression of those sentiments has changed over time.

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Samantha Smith's Questions

Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.

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Fight or buy bonds, World War I poster, 1917

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.