HEBRON — Paris resident and society Director Ben Conant will address the Hebron Historical Society at its Tuesday, Nov. 26, meeting on the town’s connections to the American Civil War. As a noted local historian he has addressed the society on several occasions on various topics and filled in for the scheduled speaker at the […]
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Gettysburg Address: A short speech long remembered
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long remembered. The inspirational and famously short Gettysburg Address was praised for reinvigorating national ideals of freedom, liberty and justice amid a Civil […]
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River views: Former Elm Hotel in Auburn had rich history
It’s amazing how rapidly things can change. I have a few old postcards that show Court Street in Auburn looking toward the bridge. At the left, there’s no mistaking the Elm Hotel, its curbside lined with the stately trees for which it was named. There’s a trolley in that scene, which no longer exists today. […]
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Washington gridlock stems from GOP’s civil war
We’re used to brinkmanship in Washington resulting from conflict between Democrats and Republicans. But this shutdown is different. It’s a fight between Republicans and Republicans — or, more specifically, Republicans and the Tea Party. In 1995 and 1996, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., proudly led Republicans into their shutdown fight with President Bill […]
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Historical Society returns for new fall events, meetings
RUMFORD — After taking the summer off, the Rumford Historical Society has scheduled events and meetings over the next few months, including a tour of a pulp and paper museum in Livermore Falls. Society President Jane Peterson said the society held its first meeting of the fall season Wednesday and heard residents Ron Leberge and […]
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Joshua Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor returned to Brunswick
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Congressional Medal of Honor has arrived back in Brunswick. The medal Chamberlain received in 1893 for his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg is at the Pejepscot Historical Society. The historical society received the medal in an anonymous package in July but […]
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Civil War era cannon in Livermore Falls refurbished
LIVERMORE FALLS — Don Simoneau had a goal of refurbishing a Grand Army of the Republic cannon to look as it did decades ago. He didn’t know how to get it done, but he knew the cannon at the Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery needed to be cleaned and painted. “It was not one of those […]
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What a week in the history of our nation
If you attend a fireworks show this evening, we invite you to think about what a remarkable week this is in American history. We created a nation in 1776, and then we guaranteed its survival as a union in 1863. As the darkness envelopes you tonight, and the first fireworks light the sky, imagine you […]