Maine Memory Network

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.

Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger

Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving

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

West Point during World War II

Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)

A story about incarceration in Maine

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

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

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

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

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

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

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars