Search Results

Keywords: US Flags

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 8 Showing 3 of 8

Item 76134

Flagpoles, 1971 Sugarloaf World Cup Ski Races

Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print

Item 105632

Farmington Normal Parade, 1918

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1918-11-11 Location: Farmington Media: photographic print

Item 108961

Women's Christian Temperance Union auto parade, Portland, 1910

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1910-09-29 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 19 Showing 3 of 19

Exhibit

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

Exhibit

World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

Exhibit

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… tempo, begins, "Deering felt the duty to own A flag, not for its beauty alone, She took a color that her aim And noble purpose bid her claim..."…"

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 7 Showing 3 of 7

Site Page

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Carter, such placement desecrated the National Flag and violated Federal Flag Code Rules. Ten days later, Dr. Wilson G."

Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"Hurrah!! Hurrah!! Whora Whora the flag that makes us free, So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the Sea While were were marching through Georgia."…"

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… composer of numerous songs and one called "The Flag of ’62." This Lincoln native was the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in…"

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 2 of 6 Showing 3 of 6

Story

How 20 years in the Navy turned me into an active volunteer
by Joy Asuncion

My service didn't end when I retired from the Navy

Story

Used, Abused, Battered, and Confused
by Anonymous (Maine Correctional Center)

The experience of domestic violence and the criminal justice system in Maine

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