maine history
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
A 19th-century Portland newspaper an early advocate for a vegetarian diet
'The Pleasure Boat" also supported abolition, women's rights and temperance. Its founder, Jeremiah Hacker, said he lived in a 'plain simple manner from necessity, choice, and principle.'
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2021
Our View: Maine’s 1901 flag design stands out in a crowd
As the Kennebec Journal wrote more than a century ago, the simple pine-tree-and-star combo says, ‘There is Maine.’
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2021
Cumberland history book released for bicentennial
Local experts work with Arcadia Publishing to create "Cumberland," which examines the town's long history through photographs embellished with contextual information.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Insight: Daniel Webster left his mark on Maine
The great orator of his day argued cases in Maine, delivered speeches here and even had a hand in drawing the state map.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
The Maine Millennial: White supremacist violence goes deep in our history
And the proud display of emblems of hate during the attack on the Capitol shows we haven’t faced up to our ugly story.
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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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