history
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PublishedMay 21, 2023
A new essay collection grapples with the dark underside of beautiful objects
In the wonderous 'Ugly History of Beautiful Things,' Kate Kelleher writes of flowers, perfume, silk and more, while boldly blending genres.
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PublishedMay 14, 2023
A World War I soldier sculpts masks to ‘repair’ the faces of fellow soldiers disfigured by war
Don J. Snyder's 'The Tin Nose Shop' is loosely based on a real life story.
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PublishedMay 14, 2023
Commentary: Remembering – and retelling – my father’s account of Buchenwald in 1945
How can we ensure that future generations respect and honor Holocaust survivors’ and witnesses’ memories?
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PublishedMay 7, 2023
What did Shakespeare really look like? One writer’s quest to find out
In his lively new book 'Stalking Shakespeare,' Lee Durkee chronicles his adventure seeking answers about the Bard's identity.
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PublishedMay 3, 2023
Storyteller brings ‘A Slave Ship Called Malaga’ to Freeport stage
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PublishedApril 27, 2023
Otisfield students produce living history reenactment
Otisfield Elementary School teacher Pamela Marshall's fifth-grade class recently brought American history alive with a reenactment of the Continental Army's experience at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
Edith Wilson: The first lady who fooled D.C. and ran the White House
Rebecca Boggs Roberts's 'Untold Power' is a riveting look at a president's powerful spouse and her efforts to conceal his illness.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
Commentary: Eisenhower’s misgivings about military power still carry weight
Seventy years ago this month, he warned that expenditures justified as essential to preserving the American way of life undermine what they purport to uphold.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
Commentary: The year that opened my eyes to the best and worst we can do
1989 taught me that people collectively are responsible for change – and I’ll always remain committed to education as a force for informed change.
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PublishedApril 4, 2023
Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
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