Keywords: G. A. R.
Item 100611
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall, 10 Upper Depot Street, Bridgton, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper and photograph
Item 31599
U.S. Grant post #143 charter, Biddeford, 1885
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1885-08-14 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper with gold foil, in frame
Item 52765
42-44 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Trustees, Bosworth Post #2 G A R Use: Veterans Hall
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Items
G.A.R. was a fraternal organization of the veterans of the Civil War who fought as Union soldiers. The lower level of the building housed, on the…
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic
To be in the G.A.R. you had to wear a uniform. The uniforms were double-breasted dark blue coats. The coats had bronze buttons and a bronze star…
