Maine Memory Network

Fox trap, New Sweden, ca. 1870

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: New Sweden; Oneida Media: Steel

G. Henry Preble report on breach of blockade, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Butler residence, Booneville, New York, 1992-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1994 Location: Booneveille Client: Gilbert Butler Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Commander George Henry Preble

George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.