Maine Memory Network

Civil War Monument, Lubec, ca. 1907, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Soldiers' Monument, Lubec, ca. 1905

Contributed by: An individual through Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

5 Monument Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary Rothchild Use: Dwelling - Three Family

26 Monument Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Yetta Zimmerman Use: Dwelling - Single family

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"… & higher." He noted that the cemetery wanted the monument there to "increase the value & quicken the sale of these lots which were a slow sale."…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… paper, Hepler also mentions that the Soldiers' Monument was built on an empty lot at the intersection of High and Centre Streets, in 1867, and…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds