Keywords: Local food movement
Item 102951
"Fruit Cake For The Trenches" recipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 74770
'Maine Produces' button, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Media: Metal, celluloid
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"… the Latin word "granum," or "grain." The Grange movement has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3
"… for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities. Members might help another veteran get a job or secure a loan."
Story
An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
