Category: Military & War, Wars
Item 102671
Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph
Item 7349
Report on the French and Indians, August 14, 1708
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1708 Location: Albany Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Meshach P. Larry: Civil War Letters
Meshach P. Larry, a Windham blacksmith, joined Maine's 17th Regiment Company H on August 18, 1862. Larry and his sister, Phebe, wrote to each other frequently during the Civil War, and his letters paint a vivid picture of the life of a soldier.
Exhibit
Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Regiments: Images, Documents
"Regiments: Images, Documents A few of Maine's more than 50 Civil War regiments and batteries are represented here."
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Communities and the War
"Communities and the War In nine communities, historical organizations, libraries and schools worked together between 2013 and 2015 to study what…"
Story
The centuries-long history of Passamaquoddy Veterans
by Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy Historic Preservation Office
Passamaquoddy Veterans Protecting the Homeland
Story
Buck Fever
by William R. Hinderer
A young soldier suffers "buck fever" during combat in Vietnam.
Lesson Plan
Maine in the News: World War I Newspaper Project
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the important role that Maine played in World War I. Students will act as investigators in order to learn about the time period as well as the active role that Maine took on.
Lesson Plan
World War I Sacrifice and Protest
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.
