Keywords: Monument square
Item 104862
Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 28894
Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1908
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1908 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 64240
20 Monument Square, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of Bessie A. Donahue Use: Store & Office
Item 64234
6-14 Monument Square, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Heirs of William Hammond Use: Store & Office
Item 150939
Plan of store in Clapp Building at 26 Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1922 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Exhibit
Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
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Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
