Keywords: Patriotic images
Item 98605
Julia Muzzy patriotic scrapbook, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Ink on paper
Item 13654
G.A.R. Parade in Kennebunkport, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Cabinet photograph
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
Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.
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