Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"After Union guns were captured, the Union Army was forced to retreat with the majority of its army still intact. P.H."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"In Lincoln, trains were the primary transport method. Railroads now: Trains now run on fossil fuels or electricity."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was…"

National Archives at Boston

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… Opera Company Walter Nowick--farmer, Juilliard-trained pianist, Zen teacher, son of Russian immigrants, witness to the aftermath of the bombing of…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, European Campaign Medal with two battle stars, plus the French Croix-de-Guerre."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Civil War had begun. Maine responded vigorously by supplying the U.S. Army and Navy with more men proportionately than any other state."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"One of my cousins wants to be in the army. He is going through the different things he needs to go through to be able to join, which means that he is…"