📜 Is there a treasure map on the back? We can neither confirm nor deny... 🕵️‍♂️✨

Get ready for an incredible piece of history! The Margaret Chase Smith Library is hosting an original printing of the Declaration of Independence—the famous Dunlap Broadside—in partnership with the Maine Historical Society.

Here is how to get the full experience:

• Movie Night: Kick off the excitement in Waterville with a screening of National Treasure at the Maine Film Center on Sept 19 & 20 at 2:30 PM. 🍿🎬 (CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS)

• The Main Event: Head to the Margaret Chase Smith Library on Sept 25 & 26 to view this rare document, learn about its creation, and discover what Senator Margaret Chase Smith felt about our nation's founding. (CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS)

🎟️ Time reservations are required! Spots are filling up fast, so lock in your viewing time today.

📜 Is there a treasure map on the back? We can neither confirm nor deny... 🕵️‍♂️✨

Get ready for an incredible piece of history! The Margaret Chase Smith Library is hosting an original printing of the Declaration of Independence—the famous Dunlap Broadside—in partnership with the Maine Historical Society.

Here is how to get the full experience:

• Movie Night: Kick off the excitement in Waterville with a screening of National Treasure at the Maine Film Center on Sept 19 & 20 at 2:30 PM. 🍿🎬 (CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS)

• The Main Event: Head to the Margaret Chase Smith Library on Sept 25 & 26 to view this rare document, learn about its creation, and discover what Senator Margaret Chase Smith felt about our nation's founding. (CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS)

🎟️ Time reservations are required! Spots are filling up fast, so lock in your viewing time today.

Maine Historical Society (MHS) has exciting plans to engage Mainers across the state as key participants in the celebration of America’s 250th birthday, including conversations about the shared values that connect and give us strength as Mainers and Americans.

MHS’s Revolutionary Maine: America at 250 is a year- long, collaborative initiative that will impact hundreds of thousands of people from all backgrounds in every corner of the state through special events; a major exhibition; educational programming; digital resources; and a 16-county tour of MHS’s copy of the Declaration of Independence that will give every Mainer the opportunity to see and engage with this sacred document.

The Margaret Chase Smith Library will play host for Somerset County to one of the few surviving original printings of the Declaration of Independence. Come learn about it's creation, engage in what it means, and hear what Senator Margaret Chase Smith felt about our nation's founding.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to celebrate, come together, and focus on building a vibrant future for Maine and our remarkable nation.

Reserve your ticket now! CLICK HERE!!

In conjunction with the Dunlap Broadside (the first printing of the Declaration of Independence) coming to the Margaret Chase Smith Library, we are hosting a printmaking workshop with our friends at the Skowhegan Free Public Library. Colonial printmaking was the primary method for mass-producing texts, newspapers, and revolutionary imagery in early America using relief woodcuts, typesetting, and intaglio plates. You can do the same by cutting your own linoleum block and printing it!

Participants will walk away with their own prints!

The block printing workshop, led by Elizabeth Jabar from Hinge Collaborative, will take place on Saturday, September 26th, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. This is a 10+ age event, free, and spots are limited.

To register for the event CLICK HERE.