Keywords: Hilt
Item 26996
Brass Sword Hilt Guard, ca. 1750
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1750 Location: Bristol Media: Metal
Item 100586
Freeland Holmes' Civil War sword and scabbard, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Media: Metal and Leather
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"… 1900 Only the gunboat “Kennebec,” built by John Hilt, was launched in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US Navy."
