Keywords: Political marches
Item 108785
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Augusta Media: Polyester yarn
Item 108784
Purr-Sist button, Bethel, 2017
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Bethel Media: Metal, plastic
Exhibit
Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
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
Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma
"… however, had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820. Despite an initial pushback by leading abolitionists and organizers…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868
"… rules of etiquette which will make our manners polite and easy." One of the bylaws is especially revealing."
Story
I was a regional volunteer coordinator for the Women’s March
by Erica McNally
Erica McNally's experiences in Washington at the Women's March, 2017
Story
Participating in the 2017 Women’s March on Washington
by Sarah Gaba
Participating in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., 2017
