Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - HEAR

"… broadcast came from Litchfield, and the first song played on WBLM was The Story in Your Eyes by The Moody Blues."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… bid her claim..." Goldthwaite wrote other school songs, including one for Portland High School. 'The Purple and White,' Deering High School…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… published in Ahiamihewintuhangan: The Prayer Song, 1858 Collections of Maine Historical Society QJ 282 V642.1 This book of hymns, written in both…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… every concert, every video, and listened to every song. I'd spend countless days and nights studying his mannerisms, wit, voice, and influence."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Colonists also noted that the first song birds (robins, sparrows, chickadees) appeared in the spring, attracted by the cleared land."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” Historical Society Interactive, informative Learning, documenting, compiling…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Cars Shiny, Dirty Parking, Driving, Steering Riding Down the Roads of Lincoln…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Trains... Railroad, tracks Delivering, connecting, shipping Lincoln people, mail…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… verse based on American themes: Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Tales of a Wayside Inn. Rev."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"X Marching Songs for Young Crusaders Anna A. Gordon, Womans Temperance Publishing Association, Chicago, 1885 Maine Historical Society; gift of…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… regarded country, bluegrass, and rockabilly songs, including by artists Dick Curless, Lenny Breau, Hal Lone Pine, and Betty Cody."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… left holding their stars and singing patriotic songs. Centennial Living Flag, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society “Here was also the address…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Indians Reside The first Catholics they were In our peaceful town Nineteen hundred…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… concerts in other languages, learning folk songs and joining in folk dances. Russian contingents often performed for students at the Surry…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… on sharing and teaching Penobscot spiritual songs and dances in our community. During a time when it was illegal to do so, she disguised the events…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… Nosed Reindeer, and many others, largely country songs, appeared at the audtiorium. Country music superstar Garth Brooks who has sold over 100…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” On The Farm In a land two miles down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" There once was a man named Jack Jimenez."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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