All posts by Dan MacLeod
Readers pick Margaret Chase Smith to grace $10 bill
More than 1,000 BDN readers recently cast their votes online for women with Maine roots who should grace the $10 bill. They clearly prefer former Skowhegan legislator Margaret Chase Smith. Sixty-two percent of readers chose Smith, the first woman to serve in both chambers of Congress. The distant runner-up was former Labor Secretary Frances […]
You are probably not going to be killed by an animal
Map by BDN Maine | Source: CDC / Washington Post (States with no value had fewer than 10 deaths during that time span) Only 13 people in Maine were killed by animals from 1999 to 2013, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control crunched by the Washington Post. Before we get all high and mighty about […]
What woman with Maine roots should be on the $10 bill? Cast your vote.
Two couples in Caribou got married in an airplane 85 years ago. Here’s the video
Northeast Historic Film posted this amazing video on Vimeo a few years ago. It features, among other things: An apparent wedding aboard a single-propeller airplane (there’s no sound) A parade of girls pushing tricked-out baby carriages down a Caribou dirt road An amazing top hat An all-women marching band A whole lot of pomade The couples […]