Maine Memory Network

Margaret Chase Smith commitment to limited campaign spending, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-07-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Margaret Chase Smith on campaign spending, Washington, D.C., 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-05-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to the town in search of work and, with money to spend, shopped at the growing number of stores on Water Street."

Bonita Pothier-the definition of a trailblazer
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Overcoming the challenges of being Biddeford’s first female mayor is but a part of her contributions

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars