Keywords: War rations
Item 9329
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17302
Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations, 1866
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1866 Location: Houlton; New York Media: Painted plaster
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.
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"Prices for food ranged from one ration point to twenty two points - everything was rationed, even gas."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4
"McClellan has issued an order to stop the Rations of Bacon and give out Potatoes – Onions and Dried Apple instead."
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
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
