Keywords: North Berwick Road
Item 14228
Last day of street railway operation, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923-03-17 Location: Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 22139
Oakdale Cemetery Chapel, Sanford, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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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.
