Keywords: Military post
Item 82202
GAR, Goodwin Post #32, Newport, ca. 1886
Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: circa 1886 Location: Newport; St. Albans Media: Photo on card stock
Item 15447
Grand Army of the Republic, Frank Hunter Post, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Hodgdon Mills Media: Photographic print
Item 111882
Churchill House on State St., Portland, 1928-1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1934 Location: Portland Client: Major Gist. Blair Architect: Binford & Wadsworth
Exhibit
Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.
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.
Site Page
"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."
Site Page
"In many ways, WWI introduced the United States as a world power, and military demonstrations solidified its new role."
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
In 1970 I served in Vietnam, and sent my parents a package
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
My Parents' war story
