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Title: Soldiers' monument, Lewiston, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1868-04-25

Location: Lewiston

Media: Ink on paper

Title: Monument Square, Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1902

Location: Portland

Media: Black and white photograph

Title: Soldiers' Monument, Lubec, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: circa 1905

Location: Lubec

Media: Photograph

Address: 5 Monument Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Mary Rothchild

Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Address: 5 Monument Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Mary Rothchild

Use: Stable

Address: 26 Monument Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Yetta Zimmerman

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Monuments to Civil War Soldiers

Maine supplied a huge number of soldiers to the Union Army during the Civil War -- some 700,000 -- and responded after the war by building monuments to soldiers who had served and soldiers who had died in the epic American struggle.

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death

Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.