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Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint

Item 100382

Civil War drum, Rumford, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Rumford Media: Wood, leather

Item 148511

Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland Media: Wood, hide, rope

Online Exhibits

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Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

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The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

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Sgt. Nelson W. Jones, 3rd Maine Infantry, ca. 1862

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.

Site Pages

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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"They specialized in making maple drums during the Civil War for Union Regiments. Civil War drums were generally sixteen inches in diameter, smaller…"