Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Some people wouldn’t have even heard anything about the war at all. The people of Lincoln might not know when there are changes happening in other…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Warren was ranked 1st Lieutenant in the Aroostook War. He was later discharged in muster on September 11, 1865. He later died on December 20, 1913."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… under Frank Blanchard after his service in the Civil War, and still sells milk and other dairy products."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"It also honors all Cumberland citizens who served in the military during war. A large stone originally stood at the same spot with a memorial plaque…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… Description This display shows pictures of World War II soldiers, medals and other memorabilia pertaining to World War II soldiers from the Lincoln…"

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"Bill lost part of his foot during the war. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"To me, anything that has to do with war is unreasonable and doesn't need to happen. I would be so scared knowing that he was only there to beat on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"… in Lincoln, Mattawamkeag and Passadumkeag during World War II. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… of Mattawamkeag stationed in Iraq X   Bob Lyons Interview on the Korean War   Althea Nason Interview on Women in WWII Lincoln Then"

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger was in the actual fighting of the war and flew many combat missions in a P-38 fighter plane. Roger and his P-51 plane has been talked about…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… lucky I am to have a dad that isn’t a part of the war. Gary had a wife, Carmen Gordon, of Lincoln, and two children, Ian, 6, and Brittany, 3, at…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… used it to transport soldiers to and from World War II. B.J.'s General Store in Mattawamkeag was rented out to the Army to house black soldiers who…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"After World War I, Mr. Horace Weatherbee, Albert Weatherbee’s grandson, Edward Weatherbee’s son, became a stockholder in the business."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… series of illustrations and narrative about post Civil War Democrats in Bangor, John Martin drew this illustration of George Melvin Weston."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… in New England became known as King Philip’s War. As part of this conflict, all 65 colonists of North Yarmouth were driven off the land on which…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Index of Civil War Veterans African-American Civil War Monument, Washington, D.C. The Ancestors of Phoebe Lord, by Carl Austin Flegal (1998) A…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Condon, Richard H. “Maine in depression and war, 1929-1945.” In Maine: the Pine Tree State from prehistory to present, edited by Richard W."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"… 650-page journal writing about the effects of the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"… Description The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"Martin mentioned the outbreak of the Civil War, and the effects of soldiers in Bangor and the war on local businesses; and his wife's serious illness…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… it had ever been), Surry sent 122 men into the Civil War which significantly impacted the economy and lives of those elderly, wives, and children…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… the July 4 events -- observing the end of the Civil War -- in his "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began writing in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War. He had served in the Maine House of Representatives and the U.S. House and Senate."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… who published a newspaper in Bangor during the Civil War. Union supporters destroyed Emery's press, but he continued publishing."