Keywords: Incorporation Bicentennial
Item 28287
Bicentennial Quilt, Islesboro, 1989
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Islesboro Media: Cloth, cotton
Item 79565
Holmantown Memorial Plaque, Dixfield, 2003
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 2003 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources
"… Press, 2009 Strong, Maine 1801-2001, The Strong Bicentennial Committee, 2001 Strong, Maine - "Incorporated 1801," complied by Lewis Brackley and…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"… near Webb's River, published for the Dixfield Bicentennial celebration 1976. History of the Town of Mexico, E."
