Keywords: Veteran's hospital
Item 71794
Veterans Administration Facility Hospital, Togus, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Chelsea Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 105315
Bird's eye view of National Soldier's Home, Togus near Augusta, 1878
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1878 Location: Togus Media: Lithograph
Item 111555
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
Exhibit
Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War
Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885
"Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885 Contributed by Boston Public Library Description This bird's-eye view shows the Togus home for…"
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966
"The Guilford Hospital was formally opened. N. N. Scales purchased H. Douglass and Co. and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries…"
Story
My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry
My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.
Story
The Wall
by Michael Uhl
What it means to have beaten the odds
