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AUGUSTA – The Kennebec Historical Society is hosting an in-person presentation, ,“Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Augusta City Center, 16 Cony St.
The presentation is free and open to the public (donations are accepted.
The presentation, by Joshua H. Smith, will be a look at Maine’s search for a new identity separate from Massachusetts from 1805 to 1820, and how the travails of the War of 1812 led to statehood in 1820.
Smith is author of several books on 18th and 19th century history, and holds degrees from the University of St. Andrews, Maine Maritime Academy, East Carolina University, and the University of Maine. He is a professor of humanities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and director of the American Merchant Marine Museum, both in Kings Point, New York.
