Keywords: Spanish American War
Item 1037
Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 1041
Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.
Exhibit
World War I and the Maine Experience
With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.
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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu
"In contrast, the neutral Spanish press covered the pandemic’s course in greater detail, leading to popular misperceptions of its severity in that…"
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"… hear German, Dutch, Albanian, Greek, Yiddish, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish, Danish, Polish, Russian and Italian."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
