Should We Care About the Past? Maine Statehood in 1820, 1920, and Today

Name: Should We Care About the Past? Maine Statehood in 1820, 1920, and Today
Start: 2025-08-28T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-28T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 145 Harlow St, Bangor, ME, United States, Maine 04401

Schedule

Thu Aug 28 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

145 Harlow St, Bangor, ME, United States, Maine 04401 | Bangor, ME

Two authors in the new essay collection What We Know, What We Wish: Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration, and the Urgency of Public History (UMass Press, 2025) will offer brief illustrated talks about two moments in Maine history related to statehood as the starting point for a discussion with the audience about the value of history in the current day. Liam Riordan will focus on the early statehood era and its enduring legacies, and Micah Pawling will discuss the significance of the Wabanaki encampment in Portland during the Maine Centennial in 1920.
The presenters are both professors at the University of Maine: Micah in History and Native American Studies, Liam is chair of the History Department.
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