Keywords: fire musters
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Historic Hallowell - The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals
"… the annual World of Mirth carnival and firemen’s musters.The Hallowell Union Fire Club helped the community put fires out, making it a safer place…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell
"The NEFMAI was made of governing firemen muster teams. The elected officers were the president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer."
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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations
"Kaufman, Jerry. WHAT A FIRE MUSTER IS ALL ABOUT. 2005. California Fireman’s Muster Association. 16 Apr."
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Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force
"The musters and carnivals were a way of raising money for the Fire Club. The technology was primitive in those days with only buckets used to put out…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The state built an armory in Bangor and mustered troops there. Bangor's elite Rifle Corps volunteered its services."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862. The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared."
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"He mustered out on June 15, not with his friends in the Second Maine, but with Company K of the Fourth Maine."
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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion
"The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building. The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire…"
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Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell
"Carnival, Fire Department, Muster Field, Hallowell, ca 1934Hubbard Free Library While historic Hallowell had the annual carnival as a fundraiser for…"
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3
"No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection includes several major examples of…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"in November he mustered into the new 11th Maine Volunteer Regiment, where he would stay for the remainder of his service."
