Maine Memory Network

Students in Strong Public School lunchroom, Strong, ca. 1953

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lambert through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1953 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

John Bapst High School Lunch Ticket, Bangor, 1962

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: 1962 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

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.

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Unfortunately the Guilford Center School met an early demise as it became the first casualty of fire in 1825."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"

Geraldine Litalien: painting a picture of life in Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Impact on everyday life from events occurring from the late 1920s through 2018

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.