Maine Living History Association

06/17/2026

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A cruise ship (center) anchors behind Bar Island in Frenchman Bay as passengers explore Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine in late October. Tourists driving to Acadia on Route 1 pass a Ci…

06/15/2026

You are invited to attend the July 2 ceremony dedicating new national colors for the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment. Exactly replicating the flag that Color Sergeant Andrew J. Tozier carried on Little Round Top on July 2, 1863, the colors will be permanently displayed at the Maine Armed Forces Museum at 194 Winthrop Street in Augusta, near the Augusta State Airport.
This event is free and is open to the public. The ceremony will start at 2 p.m. at the Civil War memorial in Mount Hope Cemetery, which is across Winthrop Street from the museum. The schedule is published below.

06/10/2026

While en route to Acadia National Park, you might pass a Civil War site in Ellsworth!

This view from the Ocean Path in Acadia National Park extends north across Newport Cove to Sand Beach (center), Great Head (right), and The Beehive (left). Countless tourists traveling to Acadia dr…

06/08/2026

The War Department altered the place where the 20th Maine and 15th Alabama fought at Little Round Top. This video illustrates what happened!

Built on Little Round in 1897, Chamberlain Avenue damaged the battl...

06/03/2026

A weary Maine soldier "delivers" supplies to the Confederate army in:

In this famous photo taken on the Gettysburg Luthern Seminary campus after the battle of Gettysburg, three captured Confederates pose for a Yankee photographer. The soldier on the right wears dark …

05/28/2026

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Four soldiers lounge at the front “counter” of a sutler’s tent set up in an Army of the Potomac camp at Bealeton, Virginia sometime during the war. (Library of Congress) As rising…

05/20/2026

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Black and green cannons stand near the Pennsylvania State Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park. Visitors can learn history from these differentially colored cannons. (Brian F. Swartz Photo…

05/18/2026

Not far from the 20th Maine's monument at Little Round Top, you can rub an Irishman's nose for good luck!

According to Gettysburg National Military Park lore, battlefield visitors who rub the bronze nose of Colonel Patrick O’Rourke will gain good luck. He has a s...

05/13/2026

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Plum Run in the Valley of Death at Gettysburg National Military Park became a large pond after beavers built a dam north of Warren Avenue circa 2020. National Park Service officials decided not to …