Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… held a heated and confused meeting at the Hampden Academy building. In the end General Blake was allowed to make the decision to defend the town."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas attended Milton Academy and Harvard University, graduating in 1909. He then studied at Harvard’s School of Architecture."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… Deering, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Berwick Academy, and Sanford parade down Park Avenue in Portland as part of a band festival.Maine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… educated in local schools and attended Farmington Academy. He went into business with his brother selling merchandise as A.W.F. Belcher."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"John Titcomb, educated at Farmington Academy, married Lydia, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe Abbott of Temple (no close relationship to Jacob Abbott)."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1978. At the age of 18, Gordon joined the U.S. Army as a member of the First Special Forces Operation…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

""The Early History of Mattanwcook Academy ." Lincoln Historical Society Lincoln History (Black Binder 1 & 2). 268. Print. Kneeland, Bruce."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"The Town Hall, Masonic Lodge, North Yarmouth Academy, the militia, the town band, the fire company and the Abolitionist Society that North Yarmouth…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… up in Farmington, where she attended Farmington Academy, later called Maine State Teachers College."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… was born in Dover, Maine and educated at Foxcroft Academy. She taught school, married and settled in the Stroudwater section of Portland."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… when a large tree flattened their modest home on Academy Street. News Paper Report At 2:00 PM yesterday morning Hurricane Edna hit Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… by Andrea Fredericks Flood, Jppa viewed from Academy Street, Hallowell, 1936Hubbard Free Library This flood from the black and white days…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… collection of artifacts in the Titcomb House on Academy Street. This home was donated to the historical society by Stephen Titcomb’s, great, great…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Jacob’s son, Jacob Abbott, educated at Hallowell Academy in preparation for his later enrollment in Bowdoin College, returned to Farmington in 1837…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… some taught by private instructors, and some in academies or more formal settings. When Martin was 12, he was apprenticed to Dr."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… building at the Aroostook Medical Center on Academy Street is named in his honor. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a holding ground…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… his childhood and eventually went to Hebron Academy, a small independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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