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Keywords: World War One
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Item 13711
Title: World War I soldiers, Kennebunk, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library
Date: circa 1918
Location: Kennebunk
Media: Photograph
Item 15650
Title: Durham's World War II Honor Roll, ca. 1946
Contributed by: Durham Historical Society
Date: circa 1946
Location: Durham
Media: wood
Item 54857
Title: World War I Monument, Fairfield, ca. 1935
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: circa 1935
Location: Fairfield
Media: Photographic print
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.