Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… During the early stages of the revolution, George Washington gave orders for Benedict Arnold, a 35 year old colonel, to co-lead an expedition to…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… 1923 with the Bureau of Weights and Measures in Washington, DC thus beginning service to her country that lasted 40 years."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Alden Ellis, Lieutenant George Anson and George Varney did not return with their "muster mates." They were captured and sent to prisoner of war…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… well as the nearly ten years he served as George Washington's Secretary at War under the Articles of Confederation and later Secretary of War under…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"George River along with his wife, Lucy, and their five children. At the time they took up residence in Montpelier, Knox was 45 years and his wife 39."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. He maintained his connection to the Rickers, who acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Presque Isle Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1958Presque Isle Historical Society As seen with the Washington Monument in the background."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Walsh McLean (whose husband was the heir to the Washington Post), Edsel Ford, or various members of the Rockefeller family."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… on train tracks to trade with Aroostook and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In 1864 he sold his store and went to Washington, D. C., where he served in Ordnance Department until the close of the war."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… War, General Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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