Keywords: Religious meetings
Item 23589
Camp Grounds' Grove at Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 109079
Auditorium at the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting, Northport, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Northport Media: Film Negative
Exhibit
John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"… end of the street.) The Meeting House became a religious center, a government center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844
"… Museum Description The Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21…"
Story
What did I do during the Covid quarantine?
by Nasser Rohani from Baha'i Community
Individuals response to Covid and social distancing.
Story
Michael Reilly: preserving an iconic family business
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The story behind Reilly's Bakery, at the heart of Biddeford’s Main Street for 100+ years
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
