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Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network
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MMN #9544
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The new apple crispness in the air belies a change of seasons. But it's not just another autumn of back-to-school and falling leaves. It's also the last gasp of a Presidential campaign season, when the candidates make their finals stops, and stump, to try and win your vote.
Forty-eight years ago this week, Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland during the 1964 Presidential election. This image, taken from the steps of City Hall, shows one of his many stops on that trip. Johnson, of course, became President upon the death of JFK in 1963. He would go on to win the '64 election--against Republican Barry Goldwater--and, in 1965, sign into law the landmark Voting Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination in voting, and followed up on the equally ground-breaking Civil Rights Act of 1964. For more on Maine-related Presidential politics, check out the MMN exhibit Presidents and Campaigns.
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This Week
Thursday, September 27, 7pm
Book Talk: When We Were the KennedysSpeaker: Monica Wood, author  Acclaimed Maine author Monica Wood presents her latest book. Subtitled A Memoir from Mexico, Maine, the story takes place in 1963, beginning on the April morning when Wood's father, a foreman at Oxford Paper Company, died on his way to work. From there, the book follows three deeply entwined threads: grief and renewal; the assassination of JFK; and the paper mill's first protracted labor strike. Read more online.
Saturday, September 29, 10am-5pm
In partnership with Smithsonian magazine
Museum Day Live!
Make plans now to visit Maine Historical Society on September 29 -- Museum Day Live! During this annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine, participating museums across the country open their doors, free of charge, to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket. Enjoy free admission to both the MHS museum and Longfellow House. Click here for more information and to print off the admission ticket.
Next Week
Tuesday, October 2, 12:00pm
Book Event: The Reverend Jacob Bailey Maine Loyalist: For God, King, Country, and for Self
Speaker: James S. Leamon In his new book, Leamon explores the complexities of the Loyalist stance during the American Revolution. Jacob Bailey, a former Congregational preacher, converted to the Church of England and became an Anglican missionary in Pownalborough (now Dresden). He refused to renounce allegiance to King George or to publicize the Declaration of Independence from his pulpit. He and his family eventually were forced into exile in Nova Scotia for his beliefs, where Bailey wrote obsessively about the trauma of opposing the Revolution. Read more online.
Ongoing Programs
Visit us online, or call 207-774-1822 for times, ticket information, and details.
Public programs at MHS are sponsored, in part, by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
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