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Historical Items

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Item 71792

Veterans Administration Facility Barracks, Togus, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 71791

Veterans Administration Facility Administration building, Togus, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 71794

Veterans Administration Facility Hospital, Togus, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"The furniture is handcrafted carefully. Davis Brother’s has 6,000 square feet of show rooms and also two warehouses."

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"His father, Jonathan Clay, was a veteran of the War of 1812. He came from Buckfield, Maine in 1823. Jonathan Clay, Jr. was married to Helen M."

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"In March of 1869, veteran Jacob Lunt wrote to the Overseers of the Poor, “Mr Hamor, sir, I want you to send me a little bread if possible, or I don’t…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Protesters spit on me as a Vietnam Veteran
by Joseph Rocque Jr.

I will never forget the horror of seeing all the protestors greeting my plane returning from Vietnam

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

Story

Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.