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PSO celebrates Maine’s 200th birthday with ‘Maine’s Bicentennial’
PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra, led by PSO Music Director Eckart Preu, will celebrate Maine’s bicentennial on the date of the state’s formation, March 15. The 2:30 p.m. matinee concert features the world premiere of “First Light: A Fanfare for Maine,” commissioned for the occasion by the PSO and composed by Maine-based composer Daniel […]
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Colony, Chapter II: Rivalry
An acrimonious relationship develops between Maine and Massachusetts.
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On this date in Maine history: Feb. 18
Feb. 18, 1795: Lewiston is incorporated as a town. It becomes a city on March 15, 1861. Today it is Maine’s second-largest city, as it has been since the 1880 Census. Feb. 18, 1978: In an event broadcast live on local television, President Jimmy Carter participates in an evening question-and-answer session with about 2,200 people […]
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Colony, Chapter I: Dawnland
Maine’s path to statehood began long before you think it did.
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Walking tour proposal gets board support
WILTON — Members of the Wilton Historical Society are hoping a community grant through the Maine Bicentennial Commission will help fund a historical walking tour of the town. Richard Corey, member of the historical society, asked for and received support for the project from the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday, Feb. 4. “It has been in my […]
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Reprise Choral Ensemble to celebrate Maine’s Bicentennial
AUGUSTA — The Reprise Choral Ensemble will celebrate Maine’s Bicentennial with a concert titled “State of Maine, Our State of Maine” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Green Street United Methodist Church. The program will highlight Maine composers and poets from 1820 to 2020. The snow date for the performance is Sunday, Feb. 2. […]
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Maine Historic Preservation Commission to host online exhibit focused on historic properties
The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is pleased to announce the opening of “Present at Statehood: Maine’s 200 Year Old Built Heritage,” a rotating exhibit highlighting historic properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places and that were in existence when Maine attained statehood in 1820. The exhibit can be viewed on the Commission’s website […]
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On this date in Maine history: Jan. 6
Jan. 6, 1854: Novelist Sarah “Sally” Sayward Barrell Wood, known colloquially as “Madame Wood,” Maine’s first novelist and the first female American writer of gothic fiction, dies at the age of 95. She published four novels and a collection of stories, all under pseudonyms – either “A Lady,” “A Lady of Massachusetts” (when Maine was […]
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On this date in Maine history: Jan. 4
Jan. 4, 1832: The Maine Legislature convenes in the newly completed Maine State House for the first time. The building, located on Weston’s Hill in Augusta, took three years to erect and is built of Hallowell granite. Despite its completion, Portland officials try for decades to convince the Legislature to move the state capital to […]