Keywords: toleration Act
Item 153
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Maine Media: Photographic print
Item 104355
Sidney Toler as "The Virginian," Portland, ca. 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4
"… to the resulting mudflats and seed from salt-tolerant grasses took root and began to spread. Thus began the growth and development of the marsh we…"
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut-wrenching fear
