Keywords: Soldiers in uniform
Item 102522
World War I era soldiers in Monument Square, Portland, 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 102520
Thomas McPhail portrait in WWI uniform, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Thomaston; Rockland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan
Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979
"The gravestone reads, "Stranger, A soldier of the late war died 1862, Erected by the ladies of Gray." This item is in copyright."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866
"He followed the page of illustration with a "Chapter on Soldiers." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Story
We will remember
by Sam Kelley
My service in the Vietnam War
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
