Maine Memory Network

York Bottling Company bottle, Biddeford, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 3, 1717-1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1717–1781 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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.