Keywords: Military grade
Item 102527
Francis Wilbert Bisbee's cadet training tunic, Orono, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: New Gloucester; Orono Media: Wool, cotton, metal
Item 148614
Sailors posing at the U.S. Navy Fleet Signal Station, Great Diamond Island, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Great Diamond Island Media: Photo negative
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Exhibit
The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"… until the school closed in 1952 the first four grades were located on the first floor; the second floor contained grades five through eight."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"… the idea was later used to design tanks for the military. One downfall to the Log Hauler was, it had no brakes."
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
Story
Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano
Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.
