Maine Memory Network

Pepperell Manufacturing fire insurance map, 1929

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1929-10-10 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

Loring, Short & Harmon, Portland, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

23-25 Savoy Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Amy C. Quimby Use: Dwelling - Three Family

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.

Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"It too bore appropriate patriotic bunting. Firehouse decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The bandstand, a prime…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Two days of bunting-clad celebration, on Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4, culminated with the pageantry of a…"