The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. | Photo by Luke Middleton
The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. | Photo by Luke Middleton

Maine Focus and the University of Maine Humanities Center asked you to celebrate Maine’s sense of place and submit a digital postcard of your Maine culture. You sent in lots of images and stories of Maine. See them by clicking here

From a camp in Stetson with no phone service, to a hand-built sugar shack, to a lumberman’s satirical protest song, there are many Maine things to celebrate.

Tying in with the project is a Pecha Kucha event at 6:30 p.m. Friday at COESPACE, located at 48 Columbia St., Bangor. Then, on Saturday, check out the offerings of Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day.

As Me Me Riordan wrote in her submission, “Maine welcomes, offers newness and challenges me with the variety of its ways.”

Erin Rhoda is the editor of Maine Focus, a team that conducts journalism investigations and projects at the Bangor Daily News. She also writes for the newspaper, often centering her work on domestic and...