Maine Memory Network

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Freeport Historical Society

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Belfast Free Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"she got captured by Japanese forces. While captured she spent most of her time in a prisoner of war camp."

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."

Maine State Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Cars became more common after the war, increasing the contact between the villages on the island. Swan’s Island cars were often patched-together…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… classes contributed to the John Horton Civil War exhibit. The Bay School . The mission of The Bay School, rooted in the Waldorf tradition, is to…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… in the influenza outbreak during the First World War. Mr. Totten owned a china shop. Lucy and James Bain had a variety store."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"World War I had an impact – the school experienced a fire in the dormitory in 1917, and the Government eventually did agree to allow funds and…"

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

"… had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument. Click on the photo below then zoom in left center and see her lifting the…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in 1865."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… King family prospered before the Revolutionary War. Suspected of having Tory sympathies, Richard was harassed by the Sons of Liberty and his house…"

Skowhegan History House

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… the first male student to register since World War II. The once again coeducational school issued redesigned uniforms as well."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He suffered financial losses after the Revolution War, deciding then to make a new start in a new country."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"After the United States joined the Second World War in December 1941, the hospital (already home to a school of nursing) helped the U.S."

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

"… there was not a fair and that was during World War II. In 1932, the New Portland Lions Club took over running the fair."