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The Lincoln County Pilgrimage: August 15-22, 2021 Historical organizations, societies, and groups throughout Lincoln County will commemorate Maine’s Bicentennial Plus One with a week-long series of events titled, “The Lincoln County Pilgrimage: Making a Living in Lincoln County, 1820 and Beyond.” Programming will show what has changed – and what has stayed the same – over the past two hundred ...
Kermess
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesLCHA's annual afternoon of fun, food, and fundraising! This auction offers incredible experiences and divine cakes along with the opportunity to support our mission to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Lincoln County, Maine. This year's Kermess features a Pig Roast - including a vegetarian option - and music by "Married with Chitlins" - please join us for ...
“My fingers on the canvas move.”: A History of Textile Samplers with Susan Jerome
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesQuickly now, what do you think of when someone begins to speak of a sampler? Words of wisdom, often from the Bible, stitched on to a piece of fabric? The alphabet, in capital and small letters, embroidered in a cross-stitch in both cursive and block letters? And one form of needlework often signed by the maker, unlike so many other ...
Haunted Court House
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesTickets are available now! $10/adults and free for children under 16! People of all ages who appreciate a creepy Halloween activity can look forward to special haunted tours at the Pownalborough Court House from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm on October 29th and 30th. Participants will experience a tour of the haunted court house and cemetery with hauntings provided ...
Black History of Maine with Bob Greene
OnlinePre-registration required to receive Zoom Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-of-maine-with-bob-greene-tickets-256856654167 It is frequently said that Maine is the whitest state in America. Yet Black people have a long history in the Pine Tree State. Slaves? Yes. But also builders, farmers, fishermen, ship captains, educators, etc. It’s that hidden history of our state that Bob Greene will reveal. A native of Portland, Bob Greene ...
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Uncovering the Life of Quash, a Black Man in Eighteenth-Century Lincoln County
OnlinePre-registration required to receive Zoom Link In the spring of 2020, while working on a genealogy project in the history of a local white family in Lincoln County, Maine, independent researcher James Tanzer came across a digital copy of the will of a formerly enslaved Black man named Quash, who lived in Topsham, Maine during the eighteenth century. Eager to ...
Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman
ZoomServing Tea in the Chapman-Hall House Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman brings to you a look at the changes in fashion styles for women and men from 1750 to the late 1820s. Interwoven with the clothing details will be historical insights to taking tea. In 1754, Miriam Chapman, with her husband Nathaniel, braved the wilds of unsettled midcoast Maine ...
Calling All Book Clubs – a special look at our Women Writers of Lincoln County Exhibition
Calling all Book Clubs, Members of any book groups are invited to view the Women Writers of Lincoln County Exhibit displayed at the Old Jail Museum with exhibit coordinator Alice Smith Duncan. Admission $5 per person. Time TBD
Writers’ Curiosity, History, and a Sense of Place: Kate Flora discusses crime writing, her friend Lea Wait, and some tales of Lincoln County
ZoomKate Flora will discuss the heritage of mystery writing in Maine and her friend and Lincoln County writer Lea Wait. This is a virtual event that will take place over Zoom. Maine native Kate Flora’s fascination with people’s criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general’s office. Deadbeat dads, people who hurt their kids, and employers’ discrimination aroused her curiosity ...