Maine Memory Network

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… operates and staffs the gift shop, as well as organizing special events and fundraisers to support numerous programs and hospital expansions."

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

"… to secure in future our civil, moral, and religious rights." Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… Museum Description The Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Religious communities grew with years of preachers visiting the island, and prior to a church structure, services were held in an island schoolhouse."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Before any churches came to exist, several religious denominations held services in a hall located on Roxbury Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… have a lengthy history of support for their religious institutions. The history of one in particular, the Strong Methodist Church, began shortly…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… end of the street.) The Meeting House became a religious center, a government center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Some of them like Easter, and Passover are religious holidays, while others like Thanksgiving are native just to America."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… into the settlement and from that time forward religious services were held on more or less continuous basis. Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… plays, concerts, visiting speakers, political and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Historical Society The first recorded religious meeting on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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