Keywords: Rifle Pits
Item 108725
Bird's eye view of Castine, 1889
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Castine Media: ink on paper
Item 23719
Boy Scouts, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… and went right to work felling trees and making rifle pits to guard against such a surprise as befell General Grant at Pittsburg last night, and…"
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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
