Keywords: grieving
Item 80482
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, Brooksville, 1851
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1851 Location: Westport Island; Belfast; Sedgwick; Brooksville Media: Ink on paper
Item 80271
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Franklin, 1849
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1849 Location: Westport; Readfield Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979
"… Society Description In 1862 a grieving Gray family opened a coffin that was supposed to contain the body of their son."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2
"They left crying, grieving, a smaller crowd. Wyman Ramsdell lived near to Miriam, and the day of the accident saved her life."
Story
The Wall
by Michael Uhl
What it means to have beaten the odds
