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Historical Items

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Item 10167

Basketball drills at Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes. 1910

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1910 Location: North Belgrade; Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Item 102428

Fort Levett military training drills, Cushing Island, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 63745

Two men operating drill, Cousins Island, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

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Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… States were part of military units, used during drills and troop movements. The US Government officially authorized military bands in 1821, but…"

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Powering Pejepscot Paper Co.

In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… formed a cadet company and began in December 1871 drilling with the Jameson Guards, a state militia group."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers, heavy drills, and jeans for military use."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… up kip boots." He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade."

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

Story

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII