Keywords: symbols
Item 25963
Savings Bond drive, Augusta, 1950
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1950 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 105596
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Silk
Exhibit
Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"He popularized the inverted fleur-de-lis symbol, using it lavishly in side porches, an Italianate architectural element."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"A blindfold statue symbolizes the passage from outer darkness to inner light, and trade implements have mystical and symbolic meaning."
Story
The Journey Home
by Gina Brooks
I am a Maliseet artist from the St. Mary’s First Nation, my work is about our connection to the land
Story
Wampum Belts
by Donald Soctomah
My great grandfather was a wampum keeper
Lesson Plan
How Do Communities Represent Themselves
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.
Lesson Plan
Why is Maine the Pine Tree State?
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students in early elementary grades a foundation for identifying the recognizable animals and natural resources of Maine. In this lesson, students will learn about and identify animals and plants significant to the state, and will identify what types of environments are best suited to different types of plant and animal life. Students will have the opportunity to put their own community wildlife into a large-scale perspective.
