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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910Blue Hill Historical Society The first European settlers, among them the Osgoods, Parkers…"

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

"… served on the committee that erected the Soldiers Monument in Dunstan. She was chosen to unveil the statue before the largest crowd ever assembled…"

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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… - Quarrying Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans Hallowell viewed from…"

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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… his name listed on the African-American Civil War Monument in Washington, D.C. at the corner of Vermont and U Streets in northwest Washington, D.C."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"Early 1800s Henry Knox monument, Thomaston, ca. 1871Thomaston Historical Society After General Knox’s death in 1806, merchants and traders…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"Engravings on the monuments four sides read: “TO THE BRAVE MEN OF FARMINGTON, who on land and sea freely offered their lives in defense of the union…"

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

"… of Pythias Hall on Pleasant Street bordered Monument Lot with its share of streamers. The Order of Knights of Pythias is an international…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… many towns throughout New England had erected monuments such as the Merrill memorial in Cumberland, to those who had served in the war between the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… recently published, Francis Gould Butler’s monumental history of Farmington, the town’s tale took a devastating turn."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Just to the west of the downtown, the Soldiers’ Monument (1867) and the Sagadahoc County Courthouse (1869) were constructed at the intersection of…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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