Keywords: Feast
Item 18399
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1895-06-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 104740
Delegates of the NFBPWC at a clambake, Peaks Island, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: glass negative
Exhibit
Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Architecture in the 20th Century
"… “ (Driving through Thomaston is an) aesthetic feast for the lover of fine old houses. Along its streets are some of ship-lapped, pilastered design…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889
"… a few years ceased bearing and died, my children feasted on this tree all the days it bore." View additional information about this item on the…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars