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Historical Items

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Dunn School Remembrance card, North Yarmouth, 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photograph, ink on paper

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Edna Small Remembrance Card, Houlton, 1888

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1888 Location: Houlton; Philadelphia Media: Print

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Civil War remembrance poem, Presque Isle, 1905

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1861–1864 Location: Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

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Monuments to Civil War Soldiers

Maine supplied a huge number of soldiers to the Union Army during the Civil War -- some 70,000 -- and responded after the war by building monuments to soldiers who had served and soldiers who had died in the epic American struggle.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn   Alonzo Raynes remembrance This newspaper clipping from an unidentified California newspaper…"

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Maine and the Civil War - Legendary Participation

"… and homefront activities, as well as post-war remembrances. These pages pull together resources from Maine Memory Network and Maine History Online…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated detailed remembrances of his life and activities, added, "Their uniform was black broad cloth of the…"