Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Kemp, a former enslaved person, escaped to Union lines early in the War. A year after Kemp's arrival, the Howards located Kemp's wife and two young…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Burden Collection Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society City Hall Rum Room ca."

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"… in making maple drums during the Civil War for Union Regiments. Civil War drums were generally sixteen inches in diameter, smaller than prior drums…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… fifes and two drum musicians.Drummers in both the Union and Confederate armies learned different drum calls to alert soldiers."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… 1925, the Music Hall changed ownership to a pool hall, and the location changed hands from pool halls, bars, and other small businesses, until…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"These included the Music Hall, Uptown Theater, Columbia Hall, and our focus, the Bath Opera House, and its precursor, the Alameda."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in this period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"Jordan, Jr., 1998 Portland City Hall, Market Square, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society City Hall in Market Square, Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… civilians as they descended upon Portland's City Hall, looking for a stash of liquor they had heard was kept there."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… which left one man dead, 14 wounded and a dance hall in ashes, on drinking. Actually, Portland, Bangor, and some smaller communities, were prone to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"On April 3rd, the Union celebrated the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond. The Union and Journal published the following message on April…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

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

"Union, Maine: Union Publishing Company, 1998. Print. Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1996. Print."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

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

"… made up of Civil War veterans from the Union Army. This group had meetings for the members and picnics that included their families."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… the Sewalls chose to remain in Mobile during the war as Union loyalists. Daguerreotyope of Greek Revival BuildingMaine Historical Society"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… second floor of the Parker School and at Union Hall (Community Hall), with eighty-two pupils enrolled altogether."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"It went up Union Street, past Merrill & Hinckley’s store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new Constellation." Now, our flag consists…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In the 1920s, the old Union Hall was renovated and renamed Community Hall. For many years this hall was used for public functions, being centrally…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… for three years until he enlisted into the Union army during the Civil War, which was fighting to keep the country together under President…"