Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"… & higher." He noted that the cemetery wanted the monument there to "increase the value & quicken the sale of these lots which were a slow sale."…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… paper, Hepler also mentions that the Soldiers' Monument was built on an empty lot at the intersection of High and Centre Streets, in 1867, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Also, Lincoln put up a monument to keep the memory of World War I in this town. The monument is located near Rite Aid in downtown Lincoln."

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…"

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…"

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

"His name appears on the Civil War monument at Mount Hope Cemetery that honors the 236 soldiers from Bangor who died in the war (only fifty-five names…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… on the statue of "Faith," part of the Founder Monument now in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Among his other notable works is the carving of "Library"…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… spent a lot of time setting up funds for monuments, memorials, busts and equestrian statues of Union soldier heroes, granite shafts, urns, tablets…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Soldier's Monument X "How did the Civil war impact your life? Your future? Or future as a town?" The Civil War impacted my life because, when I…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Elias's home was built across from the Veterans’ Monument. He was a livestock broker. Thurza Porter married Lemuel Crosby, and their daughter…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… death was noted in the church records and a tall monument marks the Crosby lot in Hampden’s Locust Grove Cemetery, though his grave is not marked."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s Civil War Monument dedicated 1907 • American Can Co. builds plant in Lubec for manufacture of two-piece drawn…"

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…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"There now can be seen a monument on the site in the present town of Madison and it is here at Old Point that the unfortunate event occurred in August…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A monument honoring Lubec’s Civil War veterans, as well as those of subsequent wars, was dedicated on September 20, 1904."

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."

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…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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