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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Davenport Memorial and City Hall Text by Rebecca Black, Christie Duffy, Courtney McKinney, and Brook Mitchell 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"He would donate a Civil War Monument to the park if it was cleaned up and the bandstand was removed. The cleanup began."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… 2009 <http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/may/farragut-fleet.htm>. From this source we learned about the duties onboard a…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"After the Civil War Seth Scamman and partners formed the Cumberland Diking Company, the Little River Diking Company and the Southgate Diking Company."

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Belfast Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Belfast Free Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American colonies."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… grandfather’s time.” In a 1956 speech to Maine civil engineers, he used these terms to describe the campuses of Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, and the…"

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Nearly 2,700 men from Bangor served during the Civil War, 236 of whom did not return home to their city on the Penobscot."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The Civil War caused a drop in population thanks to the great number of people serving their country, yet the giving and thoughtful spirit of the…"

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

"During the Civil War, A.C. also served in the Union Navy as a Capt on the revenue cutter USS Delaware patrolling the Potomac River."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a well-known shipbuilding center."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… room: the assassination of President Kennedy; the civil rights movement; the equal rights movement for women; Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon…"

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

"Back in his studio after this assignment, Homer worked on a series of war-related paintings based on his sketches."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A monument honoring Lubec’s Civil War veterans, as well as those of subsequent wars, was dedicated on September 20, 1904."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost fingers on the cutting tables." Civil War"

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Maine State Museum

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Westport Island History Committee

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… village and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s Civil War Monument dedicated 1907 • American Can Co."