Keywords: United States Constitution
Item 101558
The Constitution of the State of Maine and that of the United States, Portland, 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 7858
U.S. Frigate Constitution, Kittery, 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
Redact: Obscuring the Maine Constitution
In 2015, Maliseet Representative Henry Bear drew the Maine legislature’s attention to a historic redaction of the Maine Constitution. Through legislation drafted in February 1875, approved by voters in September 1875, and enacted on January 1, 1876, the Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X (ten) of the Maine Constitution ceased to be printed. Since 1876, these sections are redacted from the document. Although they are obscured, they retain their validity.
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?
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma
"To proponents of slavery in the South, however, this would cause an imbalance in the ratio of free-to-slave states, which was split equally at eleven…"
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists
"… during the War of 1812, as allegiance to the United States took precedent over an independent Maine."
Story
The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto
Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
