Maine Memory Network

GAR encampment, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1887 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Albumen print

Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1887Maine Historic Preservation Commission The Indian encampment at Bar Harbor will be found a pleasant place…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes Indian encampment, Bar Harbor, 1881Abbe Museum All the cooking at the Indian encampment is done…"

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down