Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Lewiston: Dingley, Inc. 1822-1928. Print. "World War I." World War I. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"However if it was back in 1860’s, I wouldn’t have that right as a female. The Civil War started people thinking about civil rights, like rights for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"I would not know if my husband would come back fine, if he would be injured, or if he would come back at all."

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"I feel pride today because I know that there are people fighting in Afghanistan from Lincoln. The people that lived back in the time of Fredrick A."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"This was in the front window of Weatherbee's Hardware Store on Main Street during the war. The back of the photo mentions some of the soldiers…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"When I was younger, I used to walk along the tracks to find spikes and other things. Spikes are the things that hold the railroad track together."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"After World War I, Mr. Horace Weatherbee, Albert Weatherbee’s grandson, Edward Weatherbee’s son, became a stockholder in the business."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"… in Lincoln, Mattawamkeag and Passadumkeag during World War II. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"I am very thankful for the car because it has made life so much easier. Justice Jones "Using your new found knowledge of this topic, write a creative…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… to my dad, and he didn’t make it through the war, I would not know what to do! I can’t even think of what he must have been going through."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… interesting that I am getting to research a topic I like and it is where I am from. There is a family of Clays in our town and a girl in my class…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"People all over the world like to be able to go with family to see a movie in their own town. I would love it if we still had a movie theater in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… Why should I just stop thinking about it now? I won't, not until I see his face again. Sylvia Crocker "Come up with a simile or metaphor for your…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"He was in the war to help people and friends out so they wouldn’t get hurt. I bet Thomas S. Libby would like it more now than back then because it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"I think Ira was worried because not many people had moved west yet and many people had died while traveling west."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"I would like to think I would have made the same choice if I had been in Gary’s shoes. The man that Gary saved was Michael Durant, the pilot of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"She tries to find a dog that I might be able to get that is small. I've wanted a puppy for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… would bring across the sea with them from the Old World. However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Warren was ranked 1st Lieutenant in the Aroostook War. He was later discharged in muster on September 11, 1865. He later died on December 20, 1913."

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"Bill lost part of his foot during the war. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"The Civil War monument and Methodist Church are visible in the background, as this is Main Street facing north."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… 1852 and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue during the Civil War. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I got a hotel room and I got the job because I like having things clean and neat. When it’s not, I start cleaning."

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… of Mattawamkeag stationed in Iraq X   Bob Lyons Interview on the Korean War   Althea Nason Interview on Women in WWII Lincoln Then"