Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music stores

"… Bull Moose employee Chris Brown proposed that independent music stores create their own holiday, Record Store Day, which is celebrated twice a year…"

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… 1819, on the question of establishing a free and independent State. Walter P. Carpenter was the chosen delegate to represent the town at the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"Some were independent, while others linked to national and state movements or organizations. X Youth's Temperance Ribbon Silk Late 19th…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… with the pageantry of a Grand Parade at 1:30 on Independence Day, “to be formed at junction of School, Main and Church Sts.” according to the…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… a score of lesser conflicts since declaring its independence from Great Britain. Since its original settlement, Guilford has watched some of its…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Spanish rule on July 28, 1821, and the Peruvian independence was proclaimed on the same day. The Maine town honored the South American country by…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and Enterprise, 1903. In this context, the Malaga mixed-race community was viewed as a…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Vaughans were long-time supporters of American independence. According to Alan Taylor, in Liberty Men and Great Proprietors (p.68), their…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… floor of the Town Hall was given over by the Independent Order of Foresters for this purpose. Malcolm Willis was the first commercial teacher."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Legislature in favor of the establishment of independent Normal Schools in Maine. The First Four Principals of the FSNS The First Four Principals…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… up around the island - separate, distinct and independent settlements that had their own stores, schools (please visit Schools), churches, wharves…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Lawrence estuary creating a radially flowing, independent ice cap over northern Maine. Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land in Letter F, other settlers, who acted independently of Fairbanks, arrived so that by 1830 there were approximately 2,000 people in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… and eventually went to Hebron Academy, a small independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the British due to their support of the War for Independence. In 1777 Allan was received by the new Congress and appointed Superintendent of the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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