Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Volunteer firefighters have other jobs for an income. The volunteers also do training, fundraising, equipment, and maintenance."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way. They could be called in at anytime. The Guilford Fire Department is a volunteer fire…"

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

"Local residents volunteered their time to help The Packet get up and running. It continues to serve as the town's journal of record."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… one did not; one was male, one was female; both volunteered; one served in the Pacific, one in Europe."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… Nancy Porter, Farmington Historical Society, Volunteer Wendy Simpson, Mount Blue Middle School, Teacher Cindy Stevens, Mallett School, Teacher…"

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

"Second to None, The Story of the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry: “The Bangor Regiment”. Scarborough, Maine: Harp Publications, 1992. Print."

Millinocket Fire Department

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… make a note on a bugle, which would have all the volunteer firemen go to the fire department. Everybody would carry the leather buckets to the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"The amount of Maine State bounty paid to volunteers, drafted men, substitutes, and all other recruits for the army and navy, between April 12, 1861…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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

"The Fourth Maine volunteers were from the Rockland and Belfast area were known as the Limerock Regiment. Frederick's father, Leonard W."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… their counterparts from the three communities, volunteering together for the Library, Historical Society, Church, and School functions and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The Cumberland Library was housed in the home of volunteer librarians like Mrs. Annie Buxton Small, Mrs. Coral Adams, Mrs. Esther Hill and Mrs."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"These 779 men signed up to serve for three months. The soldiers trained at Camp Washburn (named for Maine Gov."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"During the October 17, 1863 town meeting, residents voted to increase the pay to $325 for each man who volunteered to fill Islesboro’s quota of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… states in 1861, the first company of Biddeford volunteers left that May. By October of the next year more than half of all able-bodied men were in…"

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

"& 1 Regt Of Cavalry (call the best Volunteer Cavalry in the service) all of which are to be depended on in time of need."

Otisfield Historical Society

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