Keywords: training camp
Item 7416
Paddles for train cars, Camp Winnebago, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: circa 1920 Location: Fayette Media: Wood
Item 7412
Train to Camp Winnebago in 1935
Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: circa 1935 Location: Fayette; Readfield Media: Photographic print
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Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.
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An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… hay and potatoes which were needed for the lumber camps to survive. Many of these farmers also worked as lumbermen during the winter months."
Story
Stories from Eastport
by Ruth McInnis
My memories of growing up in Eastport, WWII, camping, and history on the border
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
