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Historical Items

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Item 67448

Sebago votes to raise money to pay soldier's bounties, 1862

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1868-12-14 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1364

Kittery allocation for travel and pay of soldiers, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65828

E.S. Calderwood on nine-month enlistment, Baton Rouge, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

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World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

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Great War and Armistice Day

In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Besides those in the military service, many were working in the shipyards in South Portland, Bath and Connecticut."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… ended the possibility of credible Indigenous military resistance to colonization. The Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors, like most…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… on March 4, 1864 at age 48 while he was in the military serving in the Civil War. He is the father of Thomas G. Libby. Thomas S."

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR

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Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down