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Historical Items

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Item 71794

Veterans Administration Facility Hospital, Togus, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 105315

Bird's eye view of National Soldier's Home, Togus near Augusta, 1878

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1878 Location: Togus Media: Lithograph

Item 71792

Veterans Administration Facility Barracks, Togus, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151453

Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

Exhibit

Maine and the Civil War - Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885

"Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885 Contributed by Boston Public Library Description This bird's-eye view shows the Togus home for…"

Exhibit

Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War

Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Guilford Hospital was formally opened. N. N. Scales purchased H. Douglass and Co. and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries…"

Site Page

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Overall this bed and breakfast is full of warm hospitality in each relaxing room. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad • Text By: Spencer Martell and…"

Site Page

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… fire, but a firefighter was sent to Mayo Regional Hospital for a badly sprained ankle. It is said that two cats were killed in the fire."

My Maine Stories

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Story

My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry

My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.

Story

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds

Story

Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.