Pejepscot History Center

Name: BOOK LAUNCH & RECEPTION: MAINE’S PLACE IN HISTORY
Start: 2026-06-18T16:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-18T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum

https://pejepscothistorical.org/

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June 2026
Mourning Maine’s Dead : Victorian Hair Jewelry and Crafts

June 11 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Pejepscot History Center 159 Park Row, Brunswick, ME, United States

In 19th-century Maine, death was ever present. To grapple with loss, Victorian Mainers could turn to art and craft to mourn and remember their loved ones. Their material of choice was human hair. Mary Baker made a good living crafting flowers, wreaths, and jewelry from human hair. Her Portland home-based business tapped into a national […]

Free
BOOK LAUNCH & RECEPTION: MAINE’S PLACE IN HISTORY

June 18 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum 226 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, United States

Joshua Chamberlain’s 1876 Philadelphia Centennial speech annotated by Chamberlain Museum site manager, Troy Ancona Co-published by Pejepscot History Center and Simon & Schuster Remarks & signing by Troy Ancona and special guest Libby Bischof, Executive Director, Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education (who wrote the book’s foreword) Free, but please RSVP to […]

Free

June 2026