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Item 23714
Lefty Leid, Portland Green Sox, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 17045
Army letter concerning missing soldier, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: South Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II
At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.
Exhibit
Mainers, like residents of other states, had differing views about slavery and abolition in the early to mid decades of the 19th century. Religion and economic factors were among the considerations in determining people's leanings.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… while they peppered away at us all day with shot and shell, some of which struck and burst within a few feet of us."
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
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
