Keywords: Military assistance programs
Item 75057
Gen. Banks on putting slaves to work, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 5389
Concert Program, Maine Camp Hospital Association, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners
"… people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Zooniverse's goal is to enable research that would not be possible…"
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present
"… the closing of our local brush dump, general assistance expenditures hit an all time high of $54,000, and soon thereafter, Burt’s Bees, which had…"
Story
The Wall
by Michael Uhl
What it means to have beaten the odds
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
