Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"X Sources: 125th Birthday Committee Presents City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet 1859-1984. Presque Isle, 1984."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"She came by boat and she celebrated her birthday at sea. When she came to New Sweden it was her and her uncle. Later her mom joined them."

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"This picture was taken on his sixtieth birthday in 1931. His last annual report was in 1945, and here are the statistics: "27 arrests with one for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"He would not, however, celebrate his 18th birthday until later that year. Three of the letters he wrote home to his mother survive in the collection…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The actual “birthday” of Lubec is June 21, the date when the governor of Massachusetts (for Maine was part of…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Reverend Sawyer lived five days beyond his 103rd birthday, dying on October 14, 1858. His funeral, which was held at the First Congregational Church…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… newspaper in its June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of Lubec. But however proud a Lubecker of the Town’s Centennial Celebration…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… chose to celebrate! It was Guilford’s 150th Birthday. Residents came together, once again, with a parade and special events to remember their…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia lived to 102, eight days before her 103rd birthday. Stephen Stanislaus was born to the Penobscot tribe in Mattawamkeag in 1831 by his mother…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"In 1961, Litchfield celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece’s home in Blue Point. He died in 1963 at the age of 92 and is buried in Freeport."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"In a newspaper account of his 80th birthday, Scarborough resident Aaron A. Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"One month before her second birthday, her father died of consumption. When she was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"When Mexico celebrated its 150th birthday, E. G. Kimball wrote The History of Mexico in which he mentions a ferry that was located on the Swift River…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Town of Mexico 1818-1968: One Hundred Fiftieth Birthday Celebration and what has gone before, edited and compiled by Ruby Bragdon and Theresa…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… and crime." - Neal Dow, Speech on his 93rd birthday, March 18, 1897 X Great Moral Ideas in the State Treasury, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I always had my birthday parties but my parents never celebrated theirs. What did your daily life consist of? We were just kids, we would go out side…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… two days chosen to CELEBRATE Guilford’s 150th Birthday. After the devastation of events such as floods and fires, the townspeople of Guilford come…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and dozens of unemployed, the town held a 175th birthday celebration anyway. And what a celebration it was, with a huge parade, contests of all…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Burnham, Emily. “Happy 70th Birthday, Stephen King.” Bangor Daily News, Bangor Daily News, 21 Sept. 2017…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… attended the dedication, two days after her 78th birthday, but weak from recent hospitalization. Click and zoom on the Program, left, to read`the…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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