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John Bapst High School Football Class C State Championship cake, Bangor, 1976

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: 1976 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Bar Harbor High School football team, 1921

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School Football Team, 1911

"Farmington High School Football Team, 1911 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description The Farmington High School football…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… Public Library Bangor High School football team, 1941-1942 seasonBangor Public Library Bangor High School enjoyed several successful…"

Quinton "Skip" Wilson: different aspects of "standing out"
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Recollections of life as Biddeford's only student of color during the 1960-70s

Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market