Keywords: Gun Warfare
Item 102491
Disappearing gun at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1917
Can you identify either man in this photograph?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 102427
National Guardmen pose next to disappearing gun at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, 1917
Can you identify any of the men in this photograph?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"… became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American Plains. On June 25, 1876, at age 29, he died at the battle of “Little Big…"
