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SUMMARY:THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD
DESCRIPTION:An electrifying global history of a not-so local war.\n\nWhen we think of the American Revolution\, we often picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting half. In this riveting program\, historian and author Richard Bell invites audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed chaos\, opportunity\, and transformation across six continents. From the sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore\, from refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra Leone and Peru\, the war that gave birth to the United States was never simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps\, toppled hierarchies\, catalyzed migration\, and accelerated new movements for liberty—and for empire.\n\nIn this program\, Bell traces the far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it displaced\, empowered\, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance\, a Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army\, and a Boston schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way\, Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis\, ignited antislavery activism\, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling\, high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea\, shaped by commerce\, diplomacy\, propaganda\, and contingency. This is the American Revolution as you’ve never seen it before: complex\, global\, and astonishingly relevant to the modern world.\n\n\nDate: Thursday\, March 5th\, 2026 \nLocation: Hannaford Hall\, Abromson Center\, University of Southern Maine (Portland Campus) \nTime: 5:30 pm reception\, 6 pm lecture and 7:30 pm book signing. \nFree and open to the public [parking in garages or lots @$4.15/hour].
URL:https://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/event/the-american-revolution-and-the-fate-of-the-world/
LOCATION:Hannaford Hall — Abromson Community Education Center\, 88 Bedford St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Family Fun Day
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some family fun during February Break?\n\nDrop in on Thursday\, February 19\, 2026\, in the Osher Map Library Cohen Classroom (Glickman 103) for map activities\, arts and crafts and snacks!\n\nTime: 10:30am – 12:30pm\n\nWe have a roster of fun activities planned for our K-12 visitors:\n\n Visit the reading room to see a collection of glorious globes and check our the Konkel Family Book Collection.\n Get your hands dirty with some arts and crafts in the Cohen Educational Center\, plus learn about our annual Illustrated Map Making Contest.\n We will also have map puzzles on hand and plenty of snacks!\n\nAll families are welcome\, this event is free\, and no registration is necessary–just stop on by and enjoy the fun!
URL:https://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/event/family-fun-day/
LOCATION:Osher Map Library — Glickman Family Library\, 314 Forest Ave\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student activities
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SUMMARY:For the LOVE of Back Cove: An Interactive Reflection of Stewardship Action
DESCRIPTION:A 200-year timeline of stewardship actions and will feature audience reflections of why we LOVE and continue to care for Back Cove today.\n\n\n\n  \nFor the LOVE of Back Cove: An Interactive Reflection of Stewardship Action \nSaturday\, February 14th\, 1 PM – 2:30 PM \nUniversity Events Room\, 7th Floor\, Glickman Family Library \nUniversity of Southern Maine\, Portland Campus \nPresenters: Glenn Page\, Executive Director of COBALT \nThe presentation explores a complex history and deeper understanding of the uniqueness and importance of Back Cove exploring how it has transformed from receiving waters of industrial waste and untreated sewage to a model of stewardship action that has just begun. This will be highly interactive as all members of the audience will be invited to describe what YOU love most about the transformation of Back Cove. \nThis is the fourth in a series of six Back Cove lectures and panel discussions that will take place throughout 2025-2026. \nThe lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. \nOnce you RSVP\, you are welcome to send a summary of what you LOVE about Back Cove. \nParking is available in the Bedford Street garage for $4.15/hour. \nFor accommodations or questions\, please contact oml-usm@maine.edu
URL:https://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/event/for-the-love-of-back-cove-an-interactive-reflection-of-stewardship-action/
LOCATION:Glickman Family Library\, 314 Forest Avenue\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Dreams: A Black Power Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:Osher Map Library “Founding Memories: America at 250” Lecture Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this virtual talk\, Amber N. Wiley\, PhD\, discusses both her scholarly and pedagogical approaches to analyzing American history through the lens of the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation (ABC). Inspired by the ABC’s work to identify and protect cultural landscapes related to Black American achievements ahead of the 1976 commemoration of the American Revolution\, Wiley has taken up their charge to “continue the revolution” through the “process of decolonization\, a movement toward self-realization and self-government by people determined not to be kept in a subject status.” The lecture will highlight Wiley’s public history\, preservation\, and teaching work in New Jersey\, Philadelphia\, and Washington\, DC related to revolutionary histories in each locale. \nThis event is free and open to all\, but registration is required.
URL:https://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/event/revolutionary-dreams-a-black-power-bicentennial/
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