Chebeague Island Historical Society https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html April 2026 Newsletter Donna Damon, CIHS Curator: “The Place We Call Home: Early History and Economic Evolution” Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian: “Great Portland Fire of 1866” Donna Miller Damon, CIHS Curator: “The Roots of Chebeague’s Tourism, and its Impact on the Chebeague Community” Board of Trustees Latest News Sloops Logs March 2026 Newsletter Chebeague Island Historical Society Annual Meeting, via zoom Donna Damon, CIHS Curator: “Growing Up on Chebeague” Erno Bonebakker: “World War II in Casco Bay:  Facts, Myths, Images and Anecdotes” Linda Grant and friends: “100th Anniversary of Chebeague Island Golf Course” Donna Damon, CIHS Curator: “Education and the District 9 Schoolhouse ~ 150th Anniversary of Museum Building at 137 South Road” Donna Damon, CIHS Curator: “Island Organizations and Supporting and Building Community:  A Place of Innovation and Creativity” Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian:  “The Land and Sea of Three Maine Women Photographers: The Real Photo Postcards of Thurza Foss, Minnie Libby, and Josephine Townsend” Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian: “Childhood in Maine in the Early 20th Century” Dr. Chuck Radis: Author of Go by Boat: Stories of a Maine Island Doctor and Island Medicine: (video recording not available) Infant/Toddler Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian: “18th and 19th Century Portland Architecture”     Pam Cummings, Abysinnian Meeting House: “The Underground Railroad: Retracing the Tracks” Bracelets Pendant/Charms/Pins Donna Damon, CIHS Curator: “Part II: Education on Chebeague” Earrings Michael Porter: “What an Antique Sundial Can Tell Us about Time” Bill Danielson, professor emeritus (U. of Hartford): “Chebeague Weather: Past, Present and Future” Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian: “Portland Parks and Trolleys” 1984 Special Edition Children’s clothing Dwayne Tomah, speaker and educator: “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code” Gayle Bowness – Gulf of Maine Research Center: “Preparing Coastal Communities for Sea Level Rise” Richard Hackel – Photographer: “A Body of Work… Chebeague through the seasons” Presenters: Alex Todd, 10th-generation Fisherman and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA), and Alan Tracy, President of Vessel Services in Portland and Appointed At-Large Member of the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC): “Maine Fisheries: Past, Present and Future” Donna Damon, Chebeague Historical Society Curator: “A Charlatan, a Con Man, and a Saint: Religion on Chebeague 1895-1905” Colin Woodard, Author of The Lobster Coast Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier: “The Past, Present and Future of Coastal Maine” Donna Damon, “Chebeague’s Revolutionary War Connections” Hats Erno Bonebakker: “Maritime Anecdotes of Casco Bay” Barrettes CIHS Published Membership Health/ Beauty Bags Toby Webb: “Chebeague and the Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)” Toys Adult Nick Wessell: “Explaining Vladimir Putin… Does Everyone Misunderstand Him?” Calendar Women Jerry Wiles, Lecturer: “Christmas 1941: Churchill and Roosevelt Meet in Washington”