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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… created cultural but more specifically, religious changes to the two towns. Canadians made up for 25 percent of all immigration to Biddeford and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"members. The hall was used for dances, social and religious gatherings, plays, concerts,bingo, fundraisers, town meeting, and the annual eighth grade…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… Museum Description The Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… to secure in future our civil, moral, and religious rights." Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Religious leader Increase Mather rebuked drunkards, while praising strong drink as "a good creature of God." Parents and children drank together."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… Society An Era of Reform By 1820, changes in religious attitudes in New England led to a widespread era of reform."

Yarmouth Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… was known as a very nice man, and for being religious. Mary used the house to take in boarders during the war."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… were the first recorded people to have the religious faith of Catholicism in this area. The Indians were visited by Reverend John Bapst, S.J."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… representing five denominations, met their religious needs in their homes with traveling ministers."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… that Massachusetts officials obstructed their religious freedoms—an issue they believed could be alleviated by direct royal control."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"In the 18th century, the religious and racialized supremacy laid out in the Doctrine of Discovery was just becoming structured enough so that Indian…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… by economic, class, ethnic, gender, and religious differences--an deep. Maine was at the center of alcohol reform in America, especially in the…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… Music People play and sing sacred music during religious services and events. Singing allows worshipers to participate in the liturgy, with the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… or altered more than three hundred domestic, religious, public, commercial, and industrial structures on the Portland peninsula and another one…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"… was by no means limited to one social, economic, religious, or ethnic part of the population. Even Portland's prestigious Cumberland Club was…"

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… about 400 years ago, incorporating music into religious conversion in attempts to erase Wabanaki culture. St."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Religious communities grew with years of preachers visiting the island, and prior to a church structure, services were held in an island schoolhouse."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"But the first religious organization on the island was not formed until 1792, when 15 men and women met in Southwest Harbor to form the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… was able to use this money for things like religious purposes, colleges, hospitals, libraries, and even orphanages."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… have a lengthy history of support for their religious institutions. The history of one in particular, the Strong Methodist Church, began shortly…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… of the Town of Rumford was also evident in its religious life as well. The earliest settlers were of the Protestant faith, represented by…"