Maine unveils time capsule for its 201st birthday Dirigo Star to be opened in 100 years Share Updated: 3:46 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 WMTW
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Dirigo Star to be opened in 100 years Share Updated: 3:46 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 In 100 years, Mainers will get an idea of what life was like today.The Maine 200th Bicentennial Commission unveiled a time capsule Monday to also coincide with the state s 201st birthday. Maine officially became a state on March 15, 1820.The time capsule named the Dirigo Star, was custom made at the University of Maine s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono using a 3D printer. Modeled after the North Star used in navigation, the Dirigo Star will rest on a pedestal built by Maine Heritage Timber using reclaimed wood from the Penobscot River. The pedestal will also feature a 2-inch thick slab of polished Maine granite.“There will be four stora
Ferrini-Mundy celebrates Maine statehood, discusses time capsule on The Maine Take
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and president of the University of Maine and the University of Maine Machias, joined The Maine Take with Dana Connors to discuss the production and presentation of the Dirigo Star to the chair of Maineâs Bicentennial Commission, Sen. Bill Diamond. The star, which was 3-D printed at UMaineâs Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will be the centerpiece of a time capsule display at the Maine State Library in Augusta. The time capsule will be sealed this fall and opened on the stateâs tricentennial in 2120.
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Insight: 2020 was a good year – for reading Maine history
The anniversary of Maine statehood gave a retired editor a vantage point to tell the story of the last 200 years, one day at a time.
By Joseph OwenSpecial to the Telegram
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A common theme running through recent political cartoons and Facebook posts has been how happy many of us will be to see the year 2020 draw to a close.
The sentiment is understandable, but of course it’s naïve to assume that the mere flip of a calendar page grants us a global do-over, a chance to get things right after so many wrongs crammed into a single year. The rampant spread of the coronavirus, the accompanying sudden onset of an economic recession, the epic corrosiveness of our national politics and racial inequality that has provoked a fresh surge of outrage are only the most obvious crises we’ve had to face.