Keywords: Savings bonds
Item 25963
Savings Bond drive, Augusta, 1950
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1950 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 104350
"Deliver us from evil: buy war bonds," World War II poster, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Media: Lithograph
Exhibit
World War I and the Maine Experience
With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.
Exhibit
When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812
"This bond saved the town from being completely burned down. Later, the British returned and took two of the still unfinished vessels; the remainder…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… wanted the town to purchase $350,000 worth of bonds to help fund the mills, and the money had to be raised by June."
