Dignitaries at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920
Item 5269 info
Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Members of the Passamaquoddy Nation, including Samuel Dana (center left), Gov. William Neptune (second from right) and Noel Francis (far right) posed with Gen. Clarence Edwards (center), at the Maine Centennial festivities in Deering Oaks. The Wabanaki community recreated an “Indian Village” during the week-long festivities in 1920. Gen. Edwards, commander of the 26th “Yankee Division” during WWI, attended the centennial celebrations in 1920, along with a number of WWI dignitaries.
William Neptune and Samuel Dana’s sons served under Gen. Edwards in the Yankee Division during World War I. Samuel Dana, Jr. was severely wounded in June 1918, but survived the war. Moses Neptune, William Neptune’s son, was killed in action in France, the day before the armistice was signed.
Item 19 of 26
