Maine Memory Network

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

"… 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 the cap a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"1740Maine Historical Society During the fight warriors burned two mills and a house in the area to try and lure out the settlers, to no avail."

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."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… States, a consistent and longstanding local fight for independence had been underway and was steered by savvy leaders, mercantile pursuits…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"… strong, but he loved kids and he never got in a fight. When people would talk about him, he would say that he was the strongest man that they ever…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"It was a real innovation and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II. Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… over the years it introduced new pieces of fire fighting apparatus--the Hydraulion (Lion), the Torrent, the Tiger, and eventually a steam pumper."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"It is a hand tub, a type of fire fighting engine with a stitched together, leather hose. Fire Department, Hallowell, 1843Hubbard Free Library…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… Agriculture As many local men left town to fight, the government created a “Deferred Classification” designation for men who had necessary roles…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"… Lincoln is calling upon 1,500 men into war to fight against the Confederates.” “I will go Mother."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… at the end of the war 1,000 men had gone off to fight. The war years in the city were difficult; high taxes, city debt, mill layoffs & the ensuing…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"His father, Stephen Longfellow III, was previously active in the earlier fight for separation in the 1780s and 1790s."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… full title to land, even though they had to keep fighting over which European’s claims were to win the day."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Gordon was the only man from Lincoln who went to fight in Somalia. Today, most soldiers still look up to the brave and heroic soldier, Gary Ivan…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… it with a treaty before we actually started fighting. The militia Jacob joined was known as the “A-Company of Riflemen, Sixth Regiment, First…"

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

"New Portland always supported the war and the troops. With the men away fighting, women would take over work in the mills and raise the children…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… they were so fearful that they ran from the fighting. It has been said that the officers attempted to bring the men back, but were unsuccessful…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"This was a very hard fire to fight. In the end the fire department lost 2,000 feet of hose and much more in expensive equipment."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… chief Joseph Orono joined with the colonists to fight the British in 1779, and one of the islets on the Northern side of Swan’s Island now bears…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… Society Maine sent more than 70,000 men to fight for the Union between 1861 and 1865, and many of them sat for the camera before they left or were…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… immediate independence was more important than fighting the deep-seeded evils of slavery.[34] Resultantly, on March 6th, President Monroe signed…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… the Rebs did leave Yorktown without showing much fight. It was realy provoking after we had shuffled and ditched and chopped and watched for a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… author who put much of her energy into fighting for women’s equality. In 1910 Mary investigated a fire in a New Jersey factory that killed 25…"