Keywords: Swedes
Item 20411
Coming of the Swedes Re-enactment, 1920
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 22295
Coming of the Swedes, 40th Anniversary, 1910
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Fort Fairfield; New Sweden Media: Photographic print
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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.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"Coming of the Swedes Re-enactmentNew Sweden Historical Society One of the first pieces of business once the Swedes arrived was to assign families to…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony
"… Land." Here is their story, "The Coming of the Swedes." Coming of the Swedes, 40th Anniversary, 1910New Sweden Historical Society"
