maine history
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
Insight: 2020 was a good year – for reading Maine history
The anniversary of Maine statehood gave a retired editor a vantage point to tell the story of the last 200 years, one day at a time.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2020
Legislator raises new call for old state flag
Rep. Sean Paulhus of Bath has hopes to revert the state flag back to one that was used in the early 1900s.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2020
Maine Voices: History provides reality check to lumberjack’s romantic image
Many Maine woods workers in the early 20th century were tricked into taking jobs characterized by isolation and debt servitude.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2020
Maine Voices: Early Maine made no room for Christmas
The factors that meant Dec. 25 was just another day until the 1850s still find some support, inside and outside Christian culture.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2020
Our View: Maine leads in LGBT protections
The political battles of years past have left us with more robust civil rights laws than any other state.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Our View: Rep. Talbot Ross reaches an important milestone
The first Black person elected to legislative leadership in Maine will bring a perspective to policy development that has been missing.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
Maine Voices: For Brunswick museum, light appears through the cracks of a seismic year
The Pejepscot History Center and other Maine cultural institutions have an important role to play in a time of so much discontent.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Insight: Religious rivalry in Maine history
In 1854, an Ellsworth mob tarred and feathered Catholic priest John Bapst, as part of a dispute over which translation of the Bible children should read in public schools.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2020
The humble Farmer: Step right up and tell me how to build a plastic barn
I should have expected unsolicited advice when I started posting a daily progress report on Facebook.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Maine Voices: Saccarappa Island can provide deeper view of long-hidden Wabanaki history
Soon to be transferred to the city of Westbrook, it should become a unique and cherished public space.
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