Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"The most popular event in the G.A.R. was the “Campfire.” This was when a group of veterans sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… the next two nights out in the open around a campfire. They spent the third night on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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