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Martin Van Buren
The Democratic Party: 1828-1848
The Jacksonian paradigm dominated Democratic politics for a generation. President Jackson believed in small government, fiscal responsibility, and ...
The Whigs
The Whig Party formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson’s policies. The party claimed political heavyweights Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Future ...
December 7: A date which continues to live in infamy
Maine Fast Fact: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s childhood home during the 19th century, now known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, ...
December 5: Christopher Columbus steps foot onto Hispaniola, Prohibition in the US ends
Maine Fast Facts: The puffin population had to be reintroduced to the popular nesting site on the island of Eastern Egg Rock in the 1970’s and ...
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