Keywords: English sailors
Item 31020
English Sailors, Cumberland, ca. 1941
Contributed by: Phil Chase through Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1941 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print
Item 15754
Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association stock certificate, ca. 1883
Contributed by: South Portland Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Portland Media: Paper
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.
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.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew
"Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's Island, the Sadlers."
Site Page
Music in Maine - Community Music
"In Maine, Sea shanties sung by sailors develop slow and fast structures depending on the task, from a few pulls on a rope to more detailed rigging of…"
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
