Maine Memory Network

Mustafa Fouad (Fuat) and colleague, Biddeford, 1916

Contributed by: Original owned by Henry A. Kasem through McArthur Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Komisioni I Shoqerise Fetare Mohemedene Shqiptare [Founders of Biddeford's first mosque], 1915

Contributed by: Original owned by Henry A. Kasem through McArthur Public Library Date: 1915 Location: Biddeford

400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Hasan Jasim: Putting his life on the line for this country
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Iraqi interpreter shares insights on the value and price of freedom

The gift of a necklace
by Parivash Rohani

When I was born my grandmother gave me a part of a Baha’i prayer for protection.