America at 250: Maine’s Enduring Traditions

Each Friday, we celebrate America’s 250th by exploring one state or territory at a time, uncovering the history, crafts, and Semiquincentennial events that help tell the nation’s story.A Brief History of the Pine Tree StateFlag of the state of Maine with the state seal. Image: WikiCommons.People have lived in what is now Maine for at least 9,000 years (likely more). Following the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age, Paleoindian hunter-gatherers moved into the regio