Maine Memory Network

Houlton Community Band, 1924

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1924-08-28 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

The Long Island Community Garden awaits gardeners, 2020

Courtesy of Nancy Noble, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-09 Location: Long Island Media: Digital image

The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1980-1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980–1999 Location: Lenox Client: The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"Partnering with the Maine State Library, MHS increased the partnership team in each community to include the public library, a crucial participant…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Light Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital’s spirit of service extended to other venues as well. After the United States joined the Second World War in…"

Aimé Muyombano, Phd - From adversity to community service
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Fleeing atrocities in Africa, Professor Muyombano dedicates himself to a life of community service

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.

World War I and Our Community

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.