Maine Memory Network

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.

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

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

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds

My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.

Pandemic Chaplaincy
by Rev Judy L Braun

Reflections of a hospice Chaplains encounter with end of life during Coronavirus pandemic 2020-21

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings

Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto

Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stripped Of More Than Clothing
by Dan Adams

Juvenile strip searches while incarcerated.