Maine Memory Network

Dunn School Remembrance card, North Yarmouth, 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photograph, ink on paper

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Edna Small Remembrance Card, Houlton, 1888

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1888 Location: Houlton; Philadelphia Media: Print

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn   Alonzo Raynes remembrance This newspaper clipping from an unidentified California newspaper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated detailed remembrances of his life and activities, added, "Their uniform was black broad cloth of the…"