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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening, and were appropriate and enthusiastic.”"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"There would be a parade, speeches and music. After a brief ceremony at the town memorial park, people walk down to the fisherman’s co-op wharf and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"He drew Weston as he appeared at a speech before the 1866 election. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… the illustration of Hamlin and quoted some of his speech on page 39 of his "Scrap Book no 3," one of five volumes he wrote and illustrated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"Martin wrote about a speech Ladd gave on Sept. 20, 1866 when he returned from the Republican mid-term convention in Philadelphia."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… I was a d -- med fool." The quote is from a speech he gave at Bangor City Hall September 16, 1866."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… “antique”, and “in grandfather’s time.” In a 1956 speech to Maine civil engineers, he used these terms to describe the campuses of Bowdoin, Colby…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… this took the form of traveling, making speeches, writing letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this took the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"He spoke in Bangor in the 1830’s. Through his speeches, the Bangor Anti-Slavery Society emerged. The initial idea of William Lloyd Garrison's…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… This is a quote from President Lincoln's famous speech, “The Gettysburg Address.” George Pepper, Civil War, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… 1908Guilford Historical Society Services and speeches were given at the Universalist Church in observance of the Centennial in 1916."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Mahar of Augusta, Maine, was an eminently fitting speech, in which he paid a compliment to the people of the town in their efforts to fittingly…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… very enthusiastically with bunting and flags, speeches, dignitaries, and music. Presque Isle declared the day a “holiday” with shops and businesses…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"In his speech at the Cohen School on May 6, 2013 he said that this same discipline prepared him for the rigors of high school, college, graduate…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… the parade was a success, the President’s speeches—and those of the other guests—were greeted with enthusiastic cheers, and the decorations were…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… parade, contests of all types, music, dancing, speeches and remembrances, and very high spirits. While Guilford’s downtown district was in upheaval…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"John MacGregor gave us an uplifting speech, that the mill will be rebuilt and in the meantime we should all help each other along."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… health aides, and physical, occupational, and speech therapists. Hospice services were provided as well."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"In 1892, Edward Wiggin, delivered a speech to the Maine Chautauqua Union in Fryeburg, Maine on the resources and future of Aroostook County."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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