Keywords: Heraldic arms
Item 100324
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: circa 1774 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 20944
Kingiak with sled dogs, Poland Spring, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Poland Spring Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Exhibit
Fallen Heroes: Maine's Jewish Sailors and Soldiers
Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - The Continuing Debate
"… of award-winning articles in the Portland Press Herald last year, and the state's well-publicized tough drunk-driving laws also keep the issue open…"
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII