Keywords: theme parties
Item 31223
Invitation to Thursday Club's Colonial Tea Party, Biddeford, 1896
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1896-11-18 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 35318
Everett Staples store parade float, Biddeford, 1916
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26
"… the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much of this volume: the decline in manners and morals."
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812
"… (perhaps Edes himself) wrote of a few different themes. The first and most important was the requirement of a strong military should a war break…"
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
