Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… 1750s) possible; Pere Pole, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his attempts at protecting the Sandy River; and Polin, in his attempts at protecting…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Veteran musicians created civilian bands, often replicating their former military service in music choices and uniform styles."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in 1865."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"His father, Jonathan Clay, was a veteran of the War of 1812. He came from Buckfield, Maine in 1823. Jonathan Clay, Jr. was married to Helen M."

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

"Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a well-known shipbuilding center."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"The 1950s brought change as veterans returned home, married, built houses and became involved in the community."

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

"… Ellsworth 1890 Maine Census Index of Civil War Veterans African-American Civil War Monument, Washington, D.C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"These cemeteries honor many war veterans and some of our founding ancestors. Although Science Hill and Eddy Cemeteries require a four-wheeler ATV to…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Oil on board Private Collection Billy Hans was a veteran of the Revolutionary War who had become an alcoholic and fallen on hard times."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"There were other veterans of the War living in Hampden, but it is believed that they most likely settled in the area after the War."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Civil War Veterans, West Surry School, Surry, ca. 1890Surry Historical Society Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… included Acadians, forced to flee Nova Scotia, veterans of the American Revolution, and those like Colonel John Allan and Louis Delesdernier who…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… Scottish ancestry and many were Revolutionary War veterans. There were 450 people living in Skowhegan by the year 1790."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Veterans returned home, and civilian life resumed. Dow Field was deactivated. Soon a new war in Korea broke out and a new term coined: "The Cold…"