Keywords: First Prize
Item 22648
Parade - Autos, Brunswick, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 22649
Parade - Autos, Brunswick, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum
"… educators, encouraged and advised by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, a frequent presenter."
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"… vied with each other on muddy roads for the prizes. At the Guilford Memorial Library, antiques were on display."
Story
How Mom caught Dad
by Jane E. Woodman
How Ruth and Piney met in Wilton and started a life together
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: The Exile of the People of Longfellow's "Evangeline"
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Other materials needed:
- Copy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline"
- Print media and Internet access for research
- Deportation Orders (may use primary document with a secondary source interpretation)
Throughout the course of history there have been many events in which great suffering was inflicted upon innocent people. The story of the Acadian expulsion is one such event. Britain and France, the two most powerful nations of Europe, were at war off and on throughout the 18th century. North America became a coveted prize for both warring nations. The French Acadians of present day Nova Scotia fell victim to great suffering. Even under an oath of allegiance to England, the Acadians were advised that their families were to be deported and their lands confiscated by the English. This event was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Evangeline", which was published in 1847.
