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Added February 21, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added February 21, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added February 21, 2025
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Individual Partner
Added February 20, 2025
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Maine Seacoast Mission
Added February 20, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added February 20, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added February 20, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Added February 18, 2025
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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
New My Maine Stories
Added February 20, 2025
Hope
by Buddy Bieler
Buddy reflects on the experience of being incarcerated over the last sixteen years.
Added February 18, 2025
Hurt People Hurt People
by Nicole Lund
Lund describes experience volunteering at Maine State Prison and befriending an incarcerated person.
Added January 2, 2025
Alan Casavant-providing leadership during a city's Renaissance
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Evolution of Biddeford's identity through the eyes of a teacher, community servant, and mayor.
Added December 11, 2024
His First Television Set in the 1950s
by Murray A. Bolduc
Murray A. Bolduc talked about his first TV set in the 1950s
New Exhibits
Humans and their animal companions began sharing lives about twenty-five thousand years ago, when, according to archaeological evidence and genetic studies, wolves approached people for food scraps. As agriculture grew and people began storing grains around ten thousand years ago, wild cats helped keep rodents at bay and feline populations thrived by having a steady food source. Over time, these animals morphed into the dogs and cats we know today, becoming our home companions, our pets.
From Fredericksburg to Appomattox, from August 1862 to June 1865, the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment's raw, untrained and undisciplined recruits soon learned to be soldiers. The 17th Maine was known as the Red Diamond Regiment.
Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.
Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine's landscape graced the sheet music covers.
