Keywords: President Eisenhower
Item 78725
President Dwight D. Eisenhower fishing, Little Boy Falls, 1955
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1955 Location: North Oxford Media: Photographic print
Item 78724
President Eisenhower at Parmachenee Lake, Rangeley Region, 1955
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1955 Location: Rangeley Region Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"President Eisenhower was, therefore, the first President to light the national Christmas tree for the Pageant of Peace."
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2
"Captain Mattie Pinette, Eisenhower's secretary, Washington, D.C., 1944Guilford Historical Society To say that Mattie had a distinguished career in…"
Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
