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Item 10588

Veterans and Boy Scouts, Portland, May 31, 1941

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1941-05-31 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 100834

GAR Flag, Pittsfield, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Pittsfield Media: Cloth

Item 78831

G.F. Shepley election as commander of Maine GAR, 1877

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Lewiston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

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

Mary King Scrimgeour dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

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.

Exhibit

Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Veterans provided a local relief fund for needy veterans, widows, and orphans. Money could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for…"