This is a rebroadcast of an earlier show (original air date July 29, 2020); no calls will be taken.
This show is part of our ongoing coverage of topics relating to Maine's bicentennial, and is the fourth in our series on the history of Maine.
The years from World War I through World War II led to lasting changes in Maine. We'll learn about how the efforts of those on the homefront altered Maine's landscape and industries. We'll also talk about notable Maine leaders of that era, and what impacts the wars and those who fought in them had on Maine's future.
Guests
Libby Bischof, professor of history, University of Southern Maine; executive director, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Capt. Jonathan Bratten, command historian, Maine National Guard
Earle Shettleworth, longtime Maine state historian
Resources
- Maine Memory Network: Selected Events in Maine History 1900–1949
- Maine Memory Network: World War I and the Maine Experience
- Maine WWI Centennial
- 1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine
- A fast glimpse at the Roaring 20s in Maine
- What Ever Happened to Hathaway Shirts?
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Marsden Hartley
- Percival P. Baxter
- World War II Left A Big Footprint On Casco Bay Islands
- "Midcoast Maine in World War II," by Margaret Shiels Konitzky
- To the Last Man: The 103d Regimental Combat Team in the Pacific, 1942-1945
- Army University Press
