Maine Memory Network

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… industry from the north, support for the Union, in many cases, was reluctantly given. Although the War was devastating for the Thomaston…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… stabbed by a gentleman who, upon returning to his Union home, discovered Knox dining with the gentleman’s wife."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… order to oversee Mexico and its relations to the Union. There have been many people from Thomaston who have also joined me on this voyage."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Woman’s Club, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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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"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… was a vote in Washington to admit it into the Union. [28] For a detailed account of the transition in oppositional arguments at this time, see…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1914), and the Rich Building (1892) and the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (1900-01), both on Exchange Street."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Web. 1 Jan 2010. (N) Union (Saco, Me.) newspaper, 1851-1852. (C, S) Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.) newspaper, 1861-1864."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"In 1762 six townships west of the Union River and 6 townships east of the Union River were granted. The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Ransom E. Gilkey providing “rare qualities of patience, tact, vision, and judgment that cemented the union and started it on a firm basis.” In 1917…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… Public Library, the Acadia Corporation, the Union Church, and other community affiliations until his death in 1979."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… businessmen joined together to build the brick Union Block, each constructing their own unit, sharing common walls."

Thomaston Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 2 of 2

"Anthony Union High School of Vermont to win the New England Championship. The starters that year were Doug Roberts, Jack Kaubris, Matt Kaubris, Tim…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… Maine sent more than 70,000 men to fight for the Union between 1861 and 1865, and many of them sat for the camera before they left or were…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"With the northern-most coastal territory in the Union, and a shared a border with British Canada, Mainers largely shifted their focus from separation…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… the Missouri Compromise brought Maine into the Union as a free state in 1820, allowing politicians in Washington to delay a growing sectional…"

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."

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…"

Caribou Public Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the war's end capture the excitement of the Union victory, the actions of Union supporters to make Confederate supporters fly the Stars and…"