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PublishedAugust 18, 2023
Lewiston man’s Civil War letters ‘a witness to some of our nation’s most important moments of history’
George Nye may be the only soldier who rose from private to general.
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PublishedJune 17, 2023
A Black man in Lewiston in 1912 describes life under slavery during his Virginia boyhood
In 'heart-rending scenes,' white slavers 'would sell their own children,' William Davis recalled.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
First Memorial Day in Lewiston and Auburn filled with flowers and flags
The community turned out in big numbers in 1870 to honor the heroic dead who fought for the Union in the Civil War
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
A hero during the Civil War, Maine’s Andrew Tozier turned to crime when he returned home
Two years after gaining renown at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Litchfield native robbed a Livermore Falls clothing store and more. But another hero intervened and helped secure Tozier's legacy.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Hannibal Hamlin bash spotlights Lincoln’s vice president, and a town rich in 19th-century charm
A celebration Saturday in Paris Hill calls attention to the often-overlooked village where Abraham Lincoln's first vice president was born.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
A slice of history: East Livermore’s Independence Day abolition rally
Historians say the impact of East Livermore's anti-slavery rally of 1854 spread across Maine with an unprecedented number of attendees.
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PublishedJune 29, 2022
Anderson Staples American Legion serves up food with summer fun
In addition to regular events, the veterans' group is co-presenting The 161st Anniversary of the Civil War with a Living History of Abraham and Mary Lincoln and Other Civil War Storytellers with the Oxford Historical Society on July 2, starting at 10 a.m.
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PublishedJune 23, 2022
Oxford groups to present living history on Civil War, Abraham Lincoln
The daylong program includes a nationally recognized Lincoln historian and Norlands historical interpreters
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
John Kimball wants to bring Civil War ancestor home to Albany Township
George Wilder Kimball died from disease while serving with the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment and is buried at Chalmette National Cemetery in Louisiana.
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Civil War soldier killed in 1863 given military burial ceremony in Buckfield, 159 years after his death
Pvt. Atwood Young's great-great-grandsons Philip and Jamison McAlister wanted see his memory and service to country preserved.
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