Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Maine's Place in History: Joshua Chamberlain's 1876 Address at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition

Maine's Place in History: Joshua Chamberlain's 1876 Address at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition

Chamberlain, Joshua
Bischof, Libby
Ancona, Troy

Hardcover

Civil War Period (1850-1877)General Political ScienceRegional: New England

ISBN10: 1608937623
ISBN13: 9781608937622
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
100 years after the founding of the nation, Joshua Chamberlain delivered a speech at the centennial celebration in Philadelphia. Chamberlain was representing Maine at the Centennial and, at the time he gave the speech, he was a notable Mainer and a recognized patriot. Bowdoin college professor, decorated Brigadier General, and Medal of Honor recipient for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, Chamberlain was a serious historian and researcher, an educator, a military tactician, a statesman, and a visionary.

The speech was a major address by a beloved Maine figure about Maine's history and a vision for how the state should move forward in industry, agriculture, and education. What is remarkable about the speech are the challenges that Chamberlain emphasized-- the state's declining population, youth leaving to find skilled work elsewhere, Maine's overreliance on natural resource industries, the need to attract business and capital to the state, the struggles facing family farms-- the same challenges Mainers face today. Chamberlain was prescient in recognizing the promise of Maine as a tourist destination and hopeful, that those who come to Maine in the future will love the land and the land will give back strength.

The speech is published to coincide with the nation's 250th anniversary, in conjunction with the foremost resource on Chamberlain, the Pejepscot History Center in Brunswick. Site manager, Tony Ancona has annotated the speech in its entirety. Chamberlain's notes are included with Ancona's.

Also in

Civil War Period (1850-1877)

View All