Keywords: Topsham Bicentennial
Item 76560
Member of the Androscoggin Veteran Fire Association muster team, Topsham, 1964
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1964-07-18 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 79519
Scorecard and ribbons from hand engine muster, Topsham Bicentennial, 1964
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1964-07-18 Location: Topsham Media: Paper and ribbon
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
"… Riordan, eds., What We Know, What We Wish: The Bicentennial of Maine Statehood and the Urgency Public History (forthcoming) Nicholas, Andrea Bear."
