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Historical Items

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Item 74242

Letter concerning Prayer for the President, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 57660

Camp Lown prayer book, Oakland, 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955 Location: Oakland Media: Ink on paper

Item 149690

Marie Louise Thériault prayer card, Fort Kent, 1914

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1914 Location: Fort Kent; St. Francis Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… books, including Aln'ambay Uli Awikhigan, The prayer song, 1858, To give practical instructions on Church-music, in order to aid the Native…"

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Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… who leads the synagogue congregation in song and prayer, and prepares 13-year-old children for coming-of-age ceremonies called a bar or bat mitzvah."

Site Pages

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"I have composed some prayers to alter the minds of the savages. These prayers are of the natures. I teach catechism to the children and young people."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… letter were found in the suitcase, as were his prayer book, rosary, and cross. His letters reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Students said the Lord’s Prayer, sang "America," and saluted the flag. They learned poetry and performed plays."

My Maine Stories

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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.

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Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani

Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.

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Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune

A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.