Keywords: Military Forts
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 6458
Early view of Fort Knox, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Buck Memorial Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Prospect 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
George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865
"… drew a full-page illustration of Excursion Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children…"
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"… River from Prospect to Buckport, just upriver of Fort Knox. Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry."
Story
August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small
How the Vietnam war affected my life
Story
We will remember
by Sam Kelley
My service in the Vietnam War
