Maine Memory Network

Maine Civil Defense rescue demonstration, Hallowell, 1955

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1955 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Greene Civil Defense first aid team, Auburn, 1957

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1957-05-26 Location: Auburn; Greene Media: Photographic print

Rebuilding Armory State Military Defense Commision, Portland, 1946-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1947 Location: Portland Client: United States Government Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Rumford Armory, Rumford, 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940 Location: Rumford Client: State of Maine Military Defence Commission Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

Father Rasles, the Indians and the English

Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Army. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. X Cohen was sworn in as the twentieth Secretary of Defense on January 24, 1997."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River. The Union Army consisted of 28,000 men and was to assault the…"

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine