Maine Memory Network

Varsity letter, South Bristol, ca. 1955

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: South Bristol Media: Yarn, cloth, thread

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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.

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Everyone was in a cheerful mood, but this did not last for very long. The army split up, four men to a bateau."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… capacity, and when the train stopped a deafening cheer, and a “hip, hip, hurrah!” saluted the passengers as they alighted."

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR