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09/27/2026

Join us this Thursday, October 1! Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Meaning: The Declaration of Independence 1776-2026

A Discussion of "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson

Facilitated by Ashley Towle, PhD, Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine

6:30-8:00 pm

Isaacson’s 80-page book focuses some of the most famous lines in American history, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” and how they’ve endured and evolved since 1776. The book aims to inspire reflection on shared values and to frame the 250th anniversary of our Nation as a celebration of unity.

The first 30 registrants will receive a free copy and custom discussion guide. This program is supported by a grant from the Maine Public Library Fund.

It is a companion program to Norway Memorial Library is hosting the Maine Historical Society’s Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence on October 9 and 10, 2026.

The broadside is one of only 26 remaining copies of the printing by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776 for distribution throughout the colonies letting the people know the Declaration had been signed.

This historic document is touring all 16 Maine counties to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of our Nation.

To see the exhibit in Norway, visit https://www.mainehistory.org/revolutionary-maine-doi-norway/ and get your free tickets for Friday, October 9, or Saturday, October 10, 2026.

09/26/2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:30 pm

A commemorative opening event of the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence exhibit at Norway Memorial Library with opening remarks by Liam Riordan, PhD, Professor of History, University of Maine

This event has limited seating; tickets are required and must be picked up in advance at the Norway Memorial Library. They will be available beginning September 15, 2026.

Between July and October of 2026, The Maine Historical Society is touring their Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence in all of Maine’s 16 counties. The Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration was printed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, and sent throughout the Colonies to announce American independence. Only 26 remain.

Norway Memorial Library is the location of the Oxford County exhibit on October 9 and 10, 2026. To get your free tickets to see the exhibit, go to the Maine Historical Society website at https://www.mainehistory.org/revolutionary-maine-doi-norway/ and reserve your tickets today.

09/25/2026

Local author next month on Tuesday, October 20, 2026

"Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short" with Ron Romano

Please join Portland native, historian, and author Ron Romano as he presents "Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short" on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 6:30 pm at Norway Memorial Library. He will show how gravestones from the 1800s were inscribed and decorated with symbols to memorialize those who died before their time, and he’ll share stories of Mainers whose lives were cut short by lightning, shipwreck, disease…even murder.

Romano is a cemetery historian recognized as one of Maine’s leading researchers of its nineteenth-century gravestones, symbolism, monument makers, and burial landscapes. He has written several books and multiple papers on these subjects. Ron has designed walking tours of twenty historic cemeteries. He offers classes in gravestone symbols, family tree research, and related topics through Adult Ed and speakers’ programs at public libraries and historical societies throughout Maine. He’s served on local and national nonprofit boards for organizations dedicated to preserving grave markers and cemetery landscapes, including the Association for Gravestone Studies. He is the winner of the Forbes Award, the highest honor bestowed by this association. Ron has been a guest on Maine Public Radio’s Maine Calling this summer. The book was favorably reviewed by The Bollard newspaper and in Troy Bennett’s History Jig Substack earlier this month, and it is currently a best-seller at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Norway Memorial Library is located at 258 Main Street, Norway, Maine. Copies of the book will be available for sale and for autographing the night of the event for a book tour price of $20. For more information, please call the library at 743-5309.

09/24/2026

Join us next Thursday, October 1 for "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Meaning: The Declaration of Independence 1776-2026"

A Discussion of "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" by Walter Isaacson

Facilitated by Ashley Towle, PhD, Professor of History and Women & Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine

6:30-8:00 pm

Isaacson’s 80-page book focuses some of the most famous lines in American history, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” and how they’ve endured and evolved since 1776. The book aims to inspire reflection on shared values and to frame the 250th anniversary of our Nation as a celebration of unity.

The first 30 registrants will receive a free copy and custom discussion guide. This program is supported by a grant from the Maine Public Library Fund.

It is a companion program to Norway Memorial Library is hosting the Maine Historical Society’s Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence on October 9 and 10, 2026.

The broadside is one of only 26 remaining copies of the printing by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776 for distribution throughout the colonies letting the people know the Declaration had been signed.

This historic document is touring all 16 Maine counties to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of our Nation.

To see the exhibit in Norway, visit https://www.mainehistory.org/revolutionary-maine-doi-norway/ and get your free tickets for Friday, October 9, or Saturday, October 10, 2026.

09/23/2026

Don't miss this Stellar event at 2:30 pm in the Memorial Library Children's Room!

09/22/2026

Tonight at 6:30 pm!

Please join us as we remember Norway’s early history and honor the Revolutionary War veterans whose courage and service helped shape both our country and the beginnings of Norway.

Presenters: Brad Cummings and Dennis Gray of Norway Historical Society

Program Highlights include early land grants and purchases, veterans who settled in Norway, graves in local cemeteries, and place names recognizable today. There will be a “guess the weight of the cannonball” contest for a chance to win a copy of Woody Holton’s book, “Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution.” The cannonball, believed to be from The Battle of Bunker Hill is now a Norway Museum and Historical Society collection item and will be on exhibit at the Norway Memorial Library in September and October along with other early Norway artifacts.

09/21/2026

Join Bumps and Babies at the library this Wednesday!

09/20/2026

Happening this Tuesday!

Please join us as we remember Norway’s early history and honor the Revolutionary War veterans whose courage and service helped shape both our country and the beginnings of Norway.

Presenters: Brad Cummings and Dennis Gray of Norway Historical Society

Program Highlights include early land grants and purchases, veterans who settled in Norway, graves in local cemeteries, and place names recognizable today. There will be a “guess the weight of the cannonball” contest for a chance to win a copy of Woody Holton’s book, “Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution.” The cannonball, believed to be from The Battle of Bunker Hill is now a Norway Museum and Historical Society collection item and will be on exhibit at the Norway Memorial Library in September and October along with other early Norway artifacts.

09/19/2026

Join us for "Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short" with Ron Romano

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Please join Portland native, historian, and author Ron Romano as he presents Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 6:30 pm at Norway Memorial Library. He will show how gravestones from the 1800s were inscribed and decorated with symbols to memorialize those who died before their time, and he’ll share stories of Mainers whose lives were cut short by lightning, shipwreck, disease…even murder.

Romano is a cemetery historian recognized as one of Maine’s leading researchers of its nineteenth-century gravestones, symbolism, monument makers, and burial landscapes. He has written several books and multiple papers on these subjects. Ron has designed walking tours of twenty historic cemeteries. He offers classes in gravestone symbols, family tree research, and related topics through Adult Ed and speakers’ programs at public libraries and historical societies throughout Maine. He’s served on local and national nonprofit boards for organizations dedicated to preserving grave markers and cemetery landscapes, including the Association for Gravestone Studies. He is the winner of the Forbes Award, the highest honor bestowed by this association. Ron has been a guest on Maine Public Radio’s Maine Calling this summer. The book was favorably reviewed by The Bollard newspaper and in Troy Bennett’s History Jig Substack earlier this month, and it is currently a best-seller at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Norway Memorial Library is located at 258 Main Street, Norway, Maine. Copies of the book will be available for sale and for autographing the night of the event for a book tour price of $20. For more information, please call the library at 743-5309.

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258 Main Street
Norway, ME
04268

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Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	12pm - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm

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Website

http://www.norwaymemoriallibrary.org/

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