Welcome
to the Union Historical Society
UHS will be posting the society's newsletter (Historical
Happenings) to the website so it is available to everyone. Members receive
a hard copy, but now non-members will have the opportunity to read it from the
webpage, or print it for their convenience. It will be in plain text format to
be compatible with all computers. Click on the heading at the navigation bar.
18th
CENTURY MOTHER-DAUGHTER SAMPLERS COME HOME TO UNION
A wonderful pair of 18th and
early 19th century embroidered samplers made by a Union mother and daughter
now hang on the wall of the Union Historical Society's home, the Robbins House
on the Common in Union. Sally Luce Butler, born September 10, 1786, completed
her sampler soon after her 11th birthday, on September 28, 1797. Twenty-four
years later her daughter Almira, born October 23, 1809, also completed a sampler
at the age of 11, in 1821. Both pieces of needlework, on linen with colored
threads, are in very good condition with little fading or staining. Click
on the thumbnail for the complete article.
Union Historical Society will
host a talk on The History of Union's Cemeteries at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday May
7 in the Old Town House on Town House Road, just off Union Common. Following
a brief business meeting, speaker Basil Brown of Union will discuss the history
of the six cemeteries in the town, of which five are town cemeteries and one
is private. The Common Cemetery holds many graves of the early settlers, including
Philip and Jemima Robbins and Joel and Mima Adams, and other pioneers who feature
as characters in Ben Ames Williams' 1940 historical novel Come Spring. The first
recorded burial in the Common Cemetery was in 1791. Brown emphasizes that all
the cemeteries continue to evolve and that each has had additions recently.
Having served as Union's Director of Cemeteries for 19 years, Basil Brown has
detailed knowledge of the town's burial places. He will bring photos and copies
of old records to illustrate his talk.
After the talk refreshments will be served by hostesses Suzi Barbee and Laura
Brainerd. Members of the public are welcome to attend Union Historical Society's
program meetings, which are held at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the
month from March to December. The Society owns and maintains the Robbins House
on Union Common and the Old Town House and Cobb's Ledge on Town House Road.
Membership is $5.00 a year. For more information call 785-4555 and leave a message,
or visit www.midcoast.com/comespring
Once again Union Historical Society will present a silent movie with live piano accompaniment by Doug Protsik on Founders Day. "The Freshman"
(1925), starring Harold Lloyd, will be screened at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday July 19th.
Harold Lloyd, one of silent film’s “Big Three” in comedy (the others are Charlie Chaplin
and Buster Keaton), is once again featured as the bumbling but attractive young and naïve
rube off to college to prove himself as a man in “The Freshman”. In one of his most famous
films, Harold once again demonstrates his brilliant mastery of the new medium, responsible
for all the trademark style that his unique influence represents in this spoof of higher
education and the social conventions of the era.
The event will also feature a short silent cartoon. Original authentic old-time piano score
accompaniment will be performed live by Doug Protsik.
Genealogy
Researchers and Queries for the Union ME area
Send
your query to Joanne.
Union
area queries will be posted.
