Keywords: Political parties
Item 77453
James Blaine telegram to G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Portland; Rockland Media: Ink on paper
Item 104482
Log Cabin and Hard Cider Club, Portland, ca. 1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype
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
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement
"A small Socialist party garnered 700 hundred local followers prior to WWII. X Maine State Temperance Camp-Meeting Sebago Lake, 1876…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872
"Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Bands and…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866
"… with the hope of forming a new political party to help President Andrew Johnson, who was heavily criticized for his policies."
Story
How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings
Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
