Keywords: Distinguished
Item 15695
Distinguished Service Cross case, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Leather
Item 15693
Jane Jeffrey Distinguished Service Cross, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Metal, ribbon
Item 151316
Westbrook library, Westbrook, 1892
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Westbrook Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 151342
Brown Memorial Library, Clinton, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1903 Location: Clinton; Clinton Client: Town of Clinton Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association
"… Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association From bucket brigades to modern pumpers, the Hallowell Fireman's Association record is a distinguished one."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Library
"… VHS and DVD movies, audio books, and a distinguished collection of books about Maine's rich history and by native authors."
Story
Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano
Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.
Story
Sustainable Futures
by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Middlebury College
Climate change is the biggest thing humans have ever done. So we need to think big as we take it on.
Lesson Plan
Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.
