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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"Grant song Gilman Townsend 1872 election results Death of Horace Greeley Irish National Movement Hannibal Hamlin"

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Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"There they recorded six songs for a record album entitled Stars Over Stevens. Nothing is known of the individual singers. The Serenaders from 1965."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"The workers would sing songs and play in the barrels. Edwena also had potato fights with her brothers and other kids."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"They sang a song that began "Pretty little zephyrs we, Swiftly through the air we bound, Throwing blossoms all around," as they threw flower petals…"

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Hollingsworth Fine Arts

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"Beckmore the joiner." The marchers song is "Hurrah!! Hurrah!! Whora, Whora, we will sing the jubilee."

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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Mr. Edwards was the composer of numerous songs and one called "The Flag of ’62." This Lincoln native was the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… performing medicine shows and traditional song and dance, selling crafts and posing for photographs in Indian dress."

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Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"The John R Braden March Song © 1922 (sung to the tune of “Boom Our State” also by Byron Verge) VERSE ONE There’s a song of triumph rising clear with…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” There are lots of books Mary B. first manager Nineteen twenty-three Works Cited…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The cover of Songs from the Woods of Maine, by Julia H. May in 1894, is shown at right, with the poem, The Happy Hills of Strong, from that book."

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

"… a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Colonists also noted that the first song birds (robins, sparrows, chickadees) appeared in the spring, attracted by the cleared land."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” Historical Society Interactive, informative Learning, documenting, compiling…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Cars Shiny, Dirty Parking, Driving, Steering Riding Down the Roads of Lincoln…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Trains... Railroad, tracks Delivering, connecting, shipping Lincoln people, mail…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… verse based on American themes: Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Tales of a Wayside Inn. Rev."

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

"… left holding their stars and singing patriotic songs. Centennial Living Flag, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society “Here was also the address…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Indians Reside The first Catholics they were In our peaceful town Nineteen hundred…"

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… concerts in other languages, learning folk songs and joining in folk dances. Russian contingents often performed for students at the Surry…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… Nosed Reindeer, and many others, largely country songs, appeared at the audtiorium. Country music superstar Garth Brooks who has sold over 100…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” On The Farm In a land two miles down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy…"