‘Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union’ at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine’s earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.
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Plant-based food columnist explores Maine’s buried vegetarian history
Avery Yale Kamila talks about her co-curated exhibit, ‘Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History,’ which opened this month at the Maine Historical Society Museum.
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See and hear the history of music in Maine
A sweeping exhibit called ‘Music in Maine’ is on view at the Maine Historical Society through the end of 2024.
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Wilton Historical Society invites community to McGillicuddy Park
Richard Corey, president of the Wilton Historical Society, will be hosting an event at McGillicuddy Park on Thursday, July 13.
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Maine Historical Society celebrates 200 years with series of events
The Maine Historical Society is entering its third century of service to the people of Maine and commemorating its 200th birthday. On February 5, 1822, MHS was established as the third state historical society in the United States – two years after Maine became a state. Its founders consisted of civic leaders from across Maine, […]
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Bill Nemitz: The art, and therapy, of the diary in a time of COVID-19
Chit-chat about our new normal on social media is fleeting, but writing it down preserves a piece of Maine history.
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Vegan Kitchen: A meat-free diet in Maine is nothing new
In the first half of the 19th-century, some Mainers promoted a vegetarian diet. One doctor wrote that it did for “the wretched invalids what the best medical treatment had utterly failed to do.”