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MHS NEWS
This Week's Program Highlights
 On Tuesday, we're hosting Westbrook High School graduate Morgan Rielly, whose passion for history motivated him to record the personal histories of local World War II veterans. These interviews are now part of a wonderful book called Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from the Greatest Generation. Morgan will be joined by some of the veterans he interviewed. On Wednesday, come to the Brown Library and learn about Maine Memory Network's online collection of bird's eye view maps. On Friday, we invite the public to join us for a tea and talk by our New England Regional Fellow Kate Silbert, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan. Her research topic is currently titled "Committed to Memory: Gender, Literary Engagement, and Commemmorative Practice, 1780-1830."
Bid Now in the Best of Maine Online Auction!
 The MHS Best of Maine Online Auction includes 20 specialty items (valued $7,200) that offer a variety of Maine products, services, fine art, and experiences. Featured items include a L.L. Bean kayak, a boat building workshop at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, performing arts tickets, therapeutic massage, swing dance lessons, a private cocktail party in the Longfellow Garden, and so much more. Click here to visit our auction page and start bidding today! Proceeds from the auction will support the education and public programs at Maine Historical Society. This auction closes on September 15, 2014, but we do offer a "Buy it Now" feature.
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Elvis Presley Concert Tickets
for August 18, 1977
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In our collection is a pair of Elvis Presley concert tickets for a show slated for this day in history, 1977. The rock and roll icon died just one day before he was scheduled to perform two days of shows at the Cumberland County Civic Center. He was 42.
Did you have tickets to this show? Many folks have kept their tickets as memorabilia, and others returned them for a refund. We'd love to hear your connection to this concert, or to "The King", on our Facebook page. The conversation is happening here.
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Tuesday, August 19, 12:00pm
Book Talk:
Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine's Greatest Generation
Speaker: Morgan Rielly
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
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Wednesday, August 20, 12:00pm
Intro to MHS: Maine Memory Network & Bird's Eye Views
Facilitators: Kathy Amoroso, Director of Digital Engagement; Fran Pollitt, MHS's Volunteer Map Cataloger
Location: MHS Brown Library conference room
Cost: Free. To RSVP e-mail kamoroso@mainehistory.org
Location: Brown Library at MHS
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Friday, August 22, 2:00pm
New England Regional Fellow Talk and Tea
"Committed to Memory: Gender, Literary Engagement, and Commemmorative Practice, 1780-1830."
Speaker: Kate Silbert, Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
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Tuesday, August 26, 12:00 pm
Book Talk:
The Night the Sky Turned Red: The Story of the Great Portland, Maine, Fire of July 4, 1866, as Told by Those Who Lived Through It
Speaker: Allan Levinsky
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
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Thursday, September 4, 5:30pm
A Special Evening with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
5:30pm Wine, Beer & Hors d'oeuvres in the Longfellow Garden
7:00pm Evening Program in the MHS Lecture Hall
Tickets to this special benefit for MHS are $50.
RSVP to Elizabeth Nash at 207-774-1822 ext. 206 or enash@mainehistory.org
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Thursday, September 4, 5:30pmThis Maine Audubon program is co-hosted by MHS.
Location: Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth
Pigeons, Puffins & Plovers: A Story of Extinction & Survival
Cost: Free for members of MHS and Maine Audubon. $5 general admission. Cash bar and light food.
Details online.
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SUMMER SALE at VintageMaineImages.com
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Portland Tax Record Images
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Photographs
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Memorabilia
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Vintage Maine Images is having a huge summer sale now through August 31, 2014. Shop today and find discounts on all archival prints and digital file downloads for more than 26,000 vintage images--including the 1924 Portland Tax Records!
We have photographs, maps, letters, postcards, and other historical material dating from the Age of Exploration to the present. Our museum-quality reproductions are made here at MHS on archival photographic paper. Reproductions make fantastic gifts--it's not too early to shop for the holidays!
www.VintageMaineImages.com
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ONGOING PROGRAMS & EXHIBITIONS
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Wadsworth-Longfellow House Tours
House tours given by friendly guides and docents offer a glimpse into the life of America's beloved poet and his family, as well as into the cultural and social history of 19th-century Portland. Click for information and tour times.
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Historical Walking Tours of Portland
Walking Tour Times: Daily at 1:30pm. Call for details and group bookings 207-774-1822 ext. 212.
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