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Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"Grant Memorial United Methodist Church Text by Emma and Hana, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from X X The current site of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

"On January 1, 1970, the name was changed to State Street Baptist Church. The church building is the oldest public standing building in Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"State Street Theater Text by Kali and Brooke, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X X The State Street…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

"… guard black pants blue Broad cloth frock coat & a United States cap J R Richr Capt R L Morrison Lieut." View additional information about this…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main and State streets, Presque Isle, 1929

"The view is looking East up State Street. This photograph shows the Bolton Block and the businesses within in 1929."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Capt."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… to train school teachers) first appeared in the United States in 1839, where their success influenced their establishment throughout the nation."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the history of the United States was right here in Maine, against the French Catholics coming down here from Quebec."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"The law, passed by the United States Congress, forced ships along the coast to port and register at each state with which it did not share a boarder."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Center for Cartographic Education Within the United States, a greater sectional debate over slavery overshadowed the admittance of Maine as a…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Since the founding of the United States, a consistent and longstanding local fight for independence had been underway and was steered by savvy…"

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."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… seventeen delegates of Massachusetts and Maine united, than of the four delegates belonging to Maine alone.” The final primary argument was simply…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Map of Eastern United States on facing wall. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"Then in 1951, the members that left State Street Baptist planned on having their own services in the same building."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3

"… Middle School Images from After moving to the United States for freedom and to avoid the Vietnam War, my parents had to adapt a lot."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"Vietnam didn’t have any paved roads like the United States and my parents couldn’t afford to buy shoes, so walking made their feet bleed and dirty."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… and potato stock to the eastern part of the United States. Acreage increased and more labor was needed to plant, cultivate, harvest, and ship…"

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"Growing up, my mother didn’t have a TV or toys. She grew up poor and moved to seek a new life in the United States of America."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… lists of the hundreds of men who served in the United States military and even a few who served in the Confederate Army, we realized that the Civil…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"When the United States did enter, we entered as a part of the Allies. The whole war started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"He enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 28. He served in Company L of the First Cavalry. Edmund was wounded on August 20, 1862."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… treaty stated that the eastern boundary of the United States was the St. Croix River, but documentation never made clear which river was the St."