Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… 1777, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act, shown here: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Ten days later, Dr. Wilson G. Smillie penned a letter to the State Commissioner of Education explaining that the flagpole had been erected in memory…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"The members also gave battle-stained flags, mementos, and documents to local museums. Members of all GAR posts first decorated veterans' graves with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… Lord’s Prayer, sang "America," and saluted the flag. They learned poetry and performed plays. Future school teachers could begin training as school…"

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

"… and a bronze star badge hung from a small chiffon flag. The star means a soldier and a sailor clasping hands in front of a figure of Liberty."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… open Bible, agricultural tools, and an American flag. A blindfold statue symbolizes the passage from outer darkness to inner light, and trade…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… band concerts, ample public feeds, a “living flag” by Lubec’s children, and a celebratory townwide parade past splendidly decorated commercial and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Hervey would allow the kids to help him bring in the flag that belonged to the Forster Memorial Building. Return to Student Research"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner to boost the flagging economy. He never realized a profit but he did a huge service to his town by offering jobs…"

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For this and 10 days of vicious hand to hand fighting from February 19th to the 28th of 1945 his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… ““One of the features of the day was a Living Flag with 225 children on a specially built stand on Monument Lot.” Click on the photo below and zoom…"

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

"The Canadian “Red Ensign” flag (with the UK “Union Jack” in the corner) flew, as the later red and white maple leaf flag was not used until 1965."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Presque Isle declared the day a “holiday” with shops and businesses closed so residents could attend the event."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"The flag of the 4th ME was the first that was planted on he enemies’ works that day. Our Cavalry and our artillery started in pursuit immediately."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In the end of 1899 a flag station was finished and the trains started transporting passengers. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad began delivering…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Bunting was borrowed from Boston, and British flags from Canada. Citizens and businesses were encouraged to decorate windows, and the paper carried a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the days of 1812 and 1814, before the American flag was common, a Liberty Pole was the emblem of patriotism, so it was befitting that a Liberty…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… gums Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce," "White Mountain," "200 Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk Spruce", "Sugar…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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