Keywords: Sarah B Chamberlain
Item 13971
Spectacles worn by Sarah Chamberlain, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Brewer Media: Metal and glass
Item 15537
Sarah Brastow Chamberlain, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
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.
