New Maine Memory Network Items- Asa Burns weaving, New Portland, ca. 1910
- Grist mill, Old Mystic, Connecticut, ca. 1910
- The Trysting place, Stanley Hill, Kingfield, ca. 1910
- Hollyhocks, ca. 1910
- Members of the Nebraska delegation to the NFBPWC convention, Portland, 1925
- Pearl Hadley Matlock at the NFBPWC convention, Portland, 1925
- International Appalachian Trail Lean-To plan, 1994-2007
- "Part of Bug Island" map fragment, ca. 1823
- Sutler agreement with Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1837
- Roosevelt School kindergarten class, Portland, 1947-1948
Tag Archives: Civil War
Local & Legendary: Maine in the Civil War, 2013-2015
by Janet Lyons, Consulting Project Coordinator, Maine Humanities Council It’s all over except for the paperwork and the reflection. For two years Local & Legendary: Maine in the Civil War, the National Endowment for the Humanities grant funded program, engaged … Continue reading
Civil War Monologues in Rumford Conclude Local & Legendary Programs
June 3 was a busy end-of-school-year evening in the Western Foothills Regional School District, yet an appreciative audience of parents, peers, faculty, and community members gathered in the auditorium at Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) to learn about lesser known … Continue reading
Stepping Back in Time with the Washburns of Livermore
Visitors to the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center may have felt like time travelers when they stepped out of their cars on the beautiful spring evening of Monday, May 18. Young men attired in 1860s garb directed community members to the … Continue reading
Drama and Song Mark Bethel’s Local & Legendary Finale
Gould Academy’s Bingham Auditorium was full on Sunday afternoon, May 17, for the Final Celebration of Local and Legendary: Bethel in the Civil War. The celebration began with the singing of songs of the Civil War performed by the Androscoggin … Continue reading
Scarborough Students Highlight Local & Legendary Finale
Twenty students in teacher Jessica Kelly’s Gifted and Talented class at Scarborough Middle School spent the 2014-2015 school year learning about the Civil War–nationally, and at home in Scarborough–through photographs, artifacts, and volunteers at the Scarborough Historical Society; reading a … Continue reading
“The Civil War in American Memory”: An Evening with David Blight
by Janet Lyons, Consulting Project Coordinator, Maine Humanities Council If historians were rock stars, Civil War scholar David Blight would top the Billboard charts. After three years of reading innumerable books and articles, as well as learning about Civil War … Continue reading
“Reflections of the Civil War” in Pittsfield Draws 100
Sunday, May 3, was a beautiful spring day in Pittsfield–a day for yard work and outdoor activities–yet about 100 community members gathered at the First Universalist Church for Reflections of the Civil War: A Performative Celebration of Our Civil War … Continue reading
Soldier’s Heart Discussions in Pittsfield
Jeff Sychterz, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Maine Augusta (Bangor campus), facilitated two energetic Local & Legendary: Maine in the Civil War discussions in Pittsfield this month. Community members, high schoolers at Maine Central Institute, and Warsaw … Continue reading
Local & Legendary Book Discussions in Livermore
Over the course of four weeks students in the “Our Hands on History” class at Spruce Mountain High School have participated in five book discussions. They began with two community wide book discussions at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center and … Continue reading
Busy Local & Legendary Activity in Rumford
The old saying “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” did not apply to this year weather-wise, nor did it apply to the Rumford Local & Legendary team. The beginning of the month was devoted … Continue reading
(RE)LIVING HISTORY 