Maine Ulster Scots Late Fall 2025 Newsletter
Friends of the Maine Ulster-Scots Project:Welcome to our quarterly newsletter as we stay in touch with the many friends and supporters of our work to save and share Maine’s Scots-Irish Heritage. This summer and fall was busy with several great events and more planned for this winter. Please follow our activities on the MUSP Facebook page and visit our updated website at MaineUlsterScots.comLooking back at Summer of 2025 Happenings
JULY 18, 2025: Our thanks to Becky, Steve, Jeff, Lynn, Traci, Heidi, and Dave for hosting our booth at the Maine Celtic Celebration along the beautiful harbor of Belfast, Maine. Our info exhibit / tent was well received and had a constant flow of interested folks from Maine and around the county. AUGUST 16 & 17, 2025: The Maine Ulster-Scots Project had a very successful weekend at the 46th annual Maine Highland Games and Scottish Festival in Windsor, Maine. With our Family Information tent, we had the opportunity to help families identify their possible Clans and direct them to the many Clan tents that attended the games. In our MUSP tent, we introduced folks to Maine’s Scotch-Irish heritage and explained the history and importance of the early Scots-Irish along the coast of Maine. We thank our steadfast regular tent mates – Becky, Karen, Steve, Peter, Heidi, & Dave and we especially thank new volunteers Connor, Julie L., Alisia, Todd, Jon, and Dawn for spending part of their day(s) with us. Our thanks and appreciation also go to the Saint Andrews Society of Maine for organizing this wonderful and treasured event that we all look forward to each year. AUGUST 23, 2025: Maine Ulster-Scots Project President, Becky Miller (and daughter) hosted our tent/booth at the Quechee Scottish Games in Vermont to continue the mission of sharing our Maine Scots-Irish heritage with event attendees. Great job Becky and thank you Julie P.D., Deb, and Steve G. for helping out and representing us so well.
“America from the Ashes: Revolution and the Burning of Falmouth”
October 18, 2025 Portland, Maine.“America from the Ashes: Revolution and the Burning of Falmouth” The public was invited to step into the fire that forged a nation. On October 18, 1775, the British Navy bombarded the town of Falmouth—now Portland—setting it ablaze and igniting revolutionary fervor across the colonies. 250 years later, folks had the opportunity to walk the path of history with “America from the Ashes”, a family-friendly trail experience that brought this pivotal moment to life. The Maine Ulster-Scots Project partnered with First Parish Church of Portland, Greater Portland Landmarks, Maine Historical Society, Osher Map Library, Spirits Alive at Eastern Cemetery, and the Tate House Museum in a full day of discovery, remembrance, and community as Portland commemorated the fire that helped fuel the revolution.LEARN MORE 
A new MUSP initiative: OPEN ROUNDTABLES – Starting on January 12th and continuing bi-monthly through the winter and spring, the Maine Ulster-Scots Project will host online discussions on the Ulster-Scots who settled in Maine. We hope to explore various topics, including family stories and genealogy, their origins and experiences upon arrival, Scottish/ Ulster and Maine history, and topics of specific interest to YOU! Each virtual meeting will have a topic introduced and discussed by the moderator for a short time. The floor will then be open for participants to continue discussing or move to other topics raised by the group. These are planned to be open conversations that provide opportunities for all to learn more, share, and ask questions.Please join us for our first roundtable 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM on January 12th, 2026.For registration and link to the ZOOM meeting, please email: [email protected] More detail information will be forthcoming on our website and on our active Facebook page . 
The Maine Ulster-Scots Project has published a new brochure that introduces information about MUSP, our programs, events, and archaeology projects along with brief summaries about Scotland/Ulster and the Scots-Irish in Maine.
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Get an early start of your Christmas shopping with three great books offered by The Maine Ulster-Scots Project: ‘1718 – 2018’ Reflections on 300 years of the Scots-Irish in Maine’. In August 2018, in commemoration of the 1718 migration, the Maine Ulster Scots Project hosted a conference at Bowdoin College that included the presentation of papers– academic, poetic, and personal. These papers from 19 different authors have been published together in this 256 book. ‘Ulster-Scots on the Coast of Maine’ – The Means Massacre Background & Location’ Volume 1, Edition 2. John Mann (President Emeritus of the Maine Ulster-Scots Project) set out to write a report on the background and location of the so-called Means Massacre to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the 1756 event at Flying Point on Casco Bay. ‘SIDESHOTS – Stories from a Land Surveyor’s traverse through the District of Maine’. Author, John Mann uses his perspective as a Mainer, Ulster-Scot descendant, and a Land Surveyor to bring us into the kitchens and barns of old Maine families. More information on each book and to order at: MaineUlsterScots.com (books ordered before 12/12 will ship for delivery before Christmas). For international orders, please email: [email protected] 
We wish you and your family the happiest of Holidays and look forward to a fantastic New Year as we continue to save and share our rich Scots-Irish Heritage.
