Happy Birthday, Maine
March 14, 2026 On March 15, 1820, Maine joined the Union, with national repercussions. Maine statehood was opposed by southerners worried that it would restrict enslavement in the South, With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 Maine men moved west, Owen Lovejoy of Maine, elected to the Illinois state legislature in…
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