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Historical Items

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Item 28451

Certificate of Admittance to Masonic Lodge, Bath, 1868

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1868-10-01 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper, paper certificate with ribbon and se

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Item 25109

Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926-08-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 28642

Ku Klux Klan robe, Hollis, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Hollis Media: Cotton twill

Tax Records

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Item 54642

509 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Joseph R. Rollins et als Use: Club House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109225

John Bergholt house addition, Bangor, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Bangor Client: John Bergholt Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret Tavern sign, Raymond, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society The Coming of Drink to New England (1620–1820)…"

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Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, Maine: Guy Gannet Publishing Co., 1980 Van Cott, Leslie. “A Brief Scarborough Nature Center History.” Audubon…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"The Masons were very mysterious because they held secret meetings and other gatherings. They were for sure a secret organization."