Keywords: Grand Manan
Item 8561
Passamaquoddy Bay, Grand Manan map, 1817
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink on paper
Item 135925
James Austin, Memorial of the American Agent, Part I, 1817
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1720–1828
Location: St. Andrews
Media: Ink on Paper
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Item 151374
Hoffman residence, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada, 2001
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001 Location: Grand Manan Client: Hoffman Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
Exhibit
Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.
Exhibit
The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818
The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.
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"… modern-day Eastport, Maine) to go to the US, while loyalist homesteads on Deer, Campobello and Grand Manan led them to be recognized as British."
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"… the season workers came from Campobello, Grand Manan, Deer Island, and towns throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company houses…"
