April 25

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Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1861 Plantation of Woodland, now a town, is officially organized 1863 Robbinston-built vessel Dictator is captured by Confederate raiders. 1906 John Knowles Paine, born…

April 9

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Common Flicker at Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)

April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Officially designated as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, which “shall commemorate, honor and recognize the courage and heroism of all former prisoners of…

Archaeology

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Outline of a Building at Pemaquid (2001)

                                          Outline of a Building at Pemaquid (2001) The views above represent products of historic archaeology, showing outlines of buildings in the early years of the Pemaquid settlement. The views of digs at shell middens…

Archives, Maine State

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Maine State Cultural Building in Augusta (2004)

Maine State Cultural Building in Augusta with the State’s Archives, Museum and Library near the State House (2004) The Maine State Archives, located in Augusta, is the custodian of the permanently valuable records of state government, including early court records and vital records (births, deaths, marriages, etc.). According to its website, “The permanently valuable records…

Arnold Expedition

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Bateau North

Benedict Arnold led an expedition through Maine to capture Quebec for the American Revolution in 1775. Hover over red dots, then click to go to related articles. Follow the bateaux toward Quebec or trace the trail back to the beginning at Swan Island.     September 19   Leave Newburyport, Massachusetts   September 21  …

Arnold, Benedict

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Site of Benedict Arnold

click to enlarge   Arnold led an expedition in 1775 from Massachusetts, up the Kennebec River and through the Maine woods to join General Philip Schuyler in an attempt to defeat the British at Quebec. It left Cambridge on September 11th under orders from General George Washington. Follow the expedition with the expanded version of…

Aroostook War

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"Site of U.S. Arsenal, June, 1828-December, 1903" (2004)

It was the nation’s only war declared by a state and the nation’s only bloodless war. Its roots were planted in the Treaty of Paris of 1783 ending the Revolutionary War.  With inaccurate maps and uncertainty about with local river was the French named St. Croix River, the treaty language left the British termed “Disputed…