Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… became Hampden on February 24, 1794, in honor of John Hampden (1594-1643). John Hampden was a distinguished member of the British Parliament who…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Low’s bridge was built in 1857 in honor of Robert Low. This Bridge stood for 131 years until a flood took it out in 1987. It was re-built soon after."

Porter Memorial Library

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"In 1911 the name was changed to Abbott School in honor of Elizabeth Abbott who had donated the land."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… (updated) for an 1825 ball in Portland, in honor of Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… years prior, and Jane insisted that the English honor their prior agreement.(1) The following century, amidst escalating disputes between colonists…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… republic implicated notions of national honor and the United States’ legitimacy on the world stage."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Hepler, the Soldiers' Monument was built to honor those from Bath who went into the Civil War and never returned."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Avery Peak/of Mt. Bigelow/Named in Honor of/Myron Haliburton Avery/1899-1952/Whose Foresight Leadership and Diligence/Made Possible/The Appalachian…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… its name in 1919 to the Liberty Theatre, to honor the end of World War I. After the Liberty Theatre closed in 1923, the building then became the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Waldo Patent who have referred their cases to the honorable Commissioners of the General County and who desire to have any further Communications…"

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

"… many that the name of Thomaston was selected in honor of Major General John Thomas of Massachusetts, an officer who died the preceding June at Fort…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The Honorable William King, Governor of the State, was elected Grand Master of Masons. The Governor, accompanied by the President of the Senate and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… School where he received many certificates of honor and was a 1943 graduate of Mexico High School. His diplomas were found in the suitcase."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… of Mercy, the new Queen’s Hospital (named in honor of Mary, Mother of God) opened its doors, initially equipped to care for 25 patients."

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… must always proceed thoughtfully, as to both honor and document years of institutional work. Between 2016 and 2018, through support from the…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"Shettleworth, Jr. continues to honor with yearly additions to the ever-growing collection. Young woman in straw hat, ca."