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I recently attended a webinar given by the new Maine State Archivist Katherine McBrien. It was terrific, highly informative of what’s happening at the archives and what’s being planned.
An upper-level low that has been bringing clouds and showers to the region will move east into the Maritimes today and tonight. High pressure will build in tonight into Thursday morning followed by a warm front Thursday night.
In Maine when we think of researching in an historical society we look in towns, cities, or the Maine Historical Society in Portland. County historical societies are nonexistent here.
Today, in fall 2021, can anyone deny the desire to go home again, "to be back home again looking for that old farm which feels like a long-lost friend," as John Denver crooned?
Initially, the United States wanted no part of what we now call World War I. But as war became inevitable the U.S. instituted a draft. All men, young and old, were legally obligated to register with their local draft boards.