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Description
The Portland High School Cadets escort volunteer troops, en route for Camp Powers in Augusta, down Congress Street in Portland.
The troops were heading for service in the Spanish-American War. The militia training camp at Augusta was named for the sitting governor, Llewellyn Powers.
State units mustered at Camp Powers, then were sent to federal camps for training.
About This Item
- Title: Portland High School Cadets, 1898
- Creation Date: 1898-05-03
- Subject Date: 1898-05-03
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs -- Portland -- Processions
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Spanish American War, 1898
- Parades & processions--Maine--Portland
- Portland Cadets (Me.)
- Soldiers
- Military cadets--Maine
- Cadets--1890-1900
- Portland High School (Me.)--Students
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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