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Historical Items

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Item 33449

King's Highway marker, Cumberland, 2004

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 2004 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 33451

King's Highway mile marker B 135, Cumberland, 1975

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 29357

Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in Scarborough, 1676

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1676 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

Exhibit

Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

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.

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 Pages

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Site Page

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"Harris' class can be viewed below: Actual grave marker for Hiram T. Smith Taken by George King along Rt."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"A marker scratched a line for the next cut. The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark

Story

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics