Maine Memory Network

Tate House Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… before he was called to duty as a Chaplain in the Navy, and the school experienced such a decline that its doors were finally closed, and remained…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Governors from across the United States were excited to see what vacationland had to offer. Participants were treated to a ride in the Navy Airship…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"1994: 1-3. "USNS Gordon Delivered to United States Navy." Newport News (Newport) 5 Sept. 1996: 1."

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Hall, a former Navy officer, who checked with the Adjutant General of the State of Maine and he concluded that “Surry is acting with proper respect…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… and all other recruits for the army and navy, between April 12, 1861, and December 31, 1865, was $4,584,636."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the 17th century the British Navy required masts constructed from the massive pine trees of Maine."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… long frock coat & pants cap about way between a navy and a fighting man pants trimmed with gold cordon the seems The coat of arms on the front of…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… 28,1942, while serving on the USS Quincy, a Navy cruiser. Surry had been preparing for war as early as 1940, as local citizens raised money with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… the motto that appeared in the Great Seal of the United States of America in 1782) proudly on her stern."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… Cross”, the second highest award given by the United States. His citation reads in part as follows: “On 4 July, Private First Class TRAFTON…"

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… in England (1881-1882), Homer returned to the United States and moved to his family’s estate at Prouts Neck, where the sea and the cliffs in front…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust Company Bank in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Once again, immigration into the United States increased rapidly and drove up the demand for lumber."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… industrialization of northern cities in the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Army and Navy with more men proportionately than any other state. Citizens from towns all over the state continued to answer the call throughout the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea obtained it’s name but…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"United States side of bridge construction, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society Trestle work for the Roosevelt International Bridge, Lubec…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… gave voting rights to “every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting paupers, persons under…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the Revenue Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard), commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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