Maine Memory Network

Israel Washburn on Civil War compromises, Orono, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-06-27 Location: Orono Media: Ink on paper

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Order for arrest of Rebel shoemaker, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-15 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818

The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… (Hansord-Miller 1976) he “was reviled as a traitor or saluted as a patriot and hero according to personal prejudice, and even today, more than…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… at its early stages, but became infamous as a traitor when he joined the British because he didn't get promoted for the revolution."