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Item 149755

Roy family reunion sticker, Madawaska, 1994

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1994 Location: Madawaska Media: Ink on paper

Item 13071

Nobel-Cram family reunion, West Baldwin, 1932

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1932-09-11 Location: Baldwin Media: Photographic print

Item 79091

The Holman Family reunion and homestead, Dixfield, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

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Granville Sparrow, 17th Maine Volunteers, ca. 1863

Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine

Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.

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Giving Thanks

Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.

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Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.