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Historical Items

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Item 14245

Artillery Machine Gun, 1895

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Bucksport Media: Metal

Item 104380

WWI postcard from Clifford Rowe to Lloyd Herrick, Augusta, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Augusta; Old Town; Eddington Media: Postcard

Item 18227

Open House, Dow Field, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1945 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Great War and Armistice Day

In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.

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World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

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Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"The G-men were closing in on Brady and Shaffer fast. Machine guns were still pelting the street with bullets."

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… lines and succeeded in destroying several machine guns and killing numerous enemy riflemen. His gallant and heroic actions were an inspiration to…"

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Gilman says that “machine made cans” and “sealing machines” were made in both plants, but does not describe them."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR