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Keywords: I. O. O. F.

Historical Items

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Item 26788

Aroostook Valley Car, Washburn, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Washburn Media: Postcard

Item 35479

I.O.O.F. Badge, Lubec, 1893-1933

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Lithographed metal and fabric badge

Item 78663

Odd Fellows Hall, Westbrook, 1883

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1883 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109689

Building for I.O.O.F, Auburn, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Auburn Client: I.O.O.F. Auburn Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109690

Building for Androscoggin Lodge I.O.O.F., Lewiston, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Lewiston Client: I.O.O.F. Auburn Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Item 110033

Pejepscot I.O.O.F. building, Brunswick, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Brunswick Client: Independent Order of Odd Fellows Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Online Exhibits

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

Exhibit

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Hinds, Ray Spaulding. Back Row: Frank O. Welch, C. W. Shaw, U. G. Weymouth, Percival W. Mason, Clinton V. Starbird, Charles H. Cunningham, Lewis L."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Joseph O. Dodge was born on September 25, 1830, the son of William and Cynthia Pratt Dodge of Freeman."

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"“I just left them there for awhile, but I thought I should do something,” Badershall said. When she showed them to social studies teacher Crystal…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Memories of a mission in Vietnam, January 11, 1970
by SGT. Ronald Santerre, 1st Calvary Division

Extracting villagers from the Viet Cong in Vietnam

Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.