Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… a year since the Treaty of Versailles, post-World War I America reveled in the exposition of military prowess."

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

"After the war, he spent time in Europe and began painting landscapes as he continued to work for Harper’s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"To the Oxford Paper Company the challenge was: How to keep producing paper needed in the war effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New England communities 1775 • Machias…"

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."

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand picked by local residents and shipped out of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"This is the Payne Road of today. The War of 1812 served as an impetus toward Maine's path to statehood."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… 1860s, President Abraham Lincoln selected thirty war consuls whose job it was to promote the idea of immigration to America under the Homestead Act."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… of Clip 2: 17.07 Since you mentioned the war, did you get enlisted? I was working in Washington after graduating from Colby, and I received a…"

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

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

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"The French and Indian wars were winding down. Maine’s Native Americans, the Abenakis, had been decimated by European disease."

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."

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

"Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993."

Porter Memorial Library

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Belfast Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Freeport Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… and held regular dances before and after the war. The dances raised money for the first island fire truck."