Name: What We Know, What We Wish: Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration. . .
Start: 2025-10-30T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-30T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Left Bank Books

Three contributors to this book of essays used Maine's bicentennial as a focal point to put public history theory into action.
About this Event

Join us at Left Bank Books for a discussion of What We Know, What We Wish: Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration, and the Urgency of Public History, a collection of essays that address the importance of moving beyond celebration to reflect crucial ways that the past shapes our understanding of the present and our aspirations for the future. Three of the contributors will lead a discussion about historical commemoration and public history, including comments on recent assaults on historical knowledge.