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Donate NowThank you for an awesome year (so far)! Attendance is up, membership is up, and there is a buzz of excitement all around us – excitement about local history and heritage accompanied by a recognition of how many more stories we have yet to uncover, preserve, and share. We know that we couldn’t have done any of this without our …
Preservation Party Meets Two Goals
While rain poured down in other parts of Lincoln County, the grounds of the Pownalborough Court House remained dry for Lincoln County Historical Association’s (LCHA’s) annual fundraiser on Sept. 18. But there was more good news for the party planners. Lively bidding during the after-dinner auction had already ensured that the organization would meet its goal for the event when …
A Dive into LCHA: Highlights from the Organization
Tape Looms “Just arrived, and to be Sold Cheap, a Choice variety of Haberdashery, …Laces, Cadisis (type of woolen tape), Quality’s Tapes, Pins, Needles, Shirt-button, Crewels in Shades.” Boston News-Letter, Apr 15/22, 1736 Tape looms are used to weave narrow, sturdy tapes. Usually not more than an inch wide, and they were woven narrower, tapes were colorful and were an …
A Dive into LCHA: Highlights from the Organization
When the Angels Descended on LCHA Each year the Costume Society of America (CSA) gives a small, deserving museum an opportunity to be the recipient of their “Angel Project” award. In 2017, such an opportunity presented itself to LCHA. The CSA’s National Symposium was held in Portland, Maine. The Angel Project is a one-day event, held each year near the …
LCHA in the Washington Post
At Prison Museums, A Look at the History of Life Behind Bars, by Erika Mailman Click here to read full article in The Washington Post
Lecture Series Brings Visibility to Black History in Lincoln County
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Court House Collections and New Connections:
LCHA receives generous donations of historic items connected to Pownalborough Court House – from across the country. A wonderful story about special gifts to the LCHA collections from far and wide was recently highlighted in the Lincoln County News. Click here for the article describing how these items found their way home to Dresden.
Special Exhibit of Lincoln County photographs from early 1900s featured at the Old Jail Museum in Wiscasset
The 1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail in Wiscasset opens on July 3 for tours of the granite Jail and Jailer’s House plus a special exhibit of mounted and framed photos of Lincoln County at the beginning of the 20th century. The images were retrieved from 5” x 7” glass plate negatives that belonged to Eastern Publishing Company, a …
Read about the women in Maine’s musical history during National Reading Month
By Louise Miller, Education Director, Lincoln County Historical Association March is National Reading Month as well as Women’s History Month, and the two are tied together in a book by George Thornton Edwards. Music and Musicians of Maine details the role of music, beginning with Maine Native Americans as observed by early European explorers and ending with the state of the art …
A New Year Greeting from 1854
By Louise Miller, Education Director, Lincoln County Historical Association A passage from the diary of Sarah/Sallie Prescott Goodwin, penned during the journey from England to New Orleans on board a ship captained by her husband might well apply to our lives today. Having left Liverpool on November 27,1853 and nearing the Bahamas, she wrote the following: “January 1, 1854. A …