Maine Memory Network

Civil Air Patrol commander Guy P. Gannett, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Media: Photographic print

Guy P. Gannett posing with five female volunteers, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print

WWI Memorial Trees along Portland's Baxter Boulevard

On Memorial Day of 1920, the City of Portland planted 100 Linden trees on Forest Avenue, each dedicated to the memory of one military service member who had died in World War I, or who had served honorably.

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.

Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER

A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I