Maine Memory Network

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk

My life and career as a USAF Nurse

Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune

A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.

My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey

Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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

West Point during World War II

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.

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

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