Places to visit
War Memorials & Military Museums in Maine
60 war memorials and 5 military museums in Maine — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.
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Military museums (5)
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Kennebunk Marine Museum | near Biddeford |
| Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum Hours: We 10:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00 | Brunswick |
| Moosehead Marine Museum Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-16:00 | Greenville |
| Moosehead Marine Museum | near Greenville |
| Kittery Historical and Naval Museum | — |
Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in Maine
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery3 recipients
- Oak Hill Cemetery3 recipients
- Evergreen Cemetery2 recipients
- Pine Grove Cemetery2 recipients
- Riverside Cemetery2 recipients
- Togus National Cemetery2 recipients
- Brown Cemetery1 recipient
- Calvary Cemetery1 recipient
- Chandler Cemetery1 recipient
- Fairview Cemetery1 recipient
- First Christian Church Cemetery1 recipient
- Forest City Cemetery1 recipient
- Hill Crest Cemetery1 recipient
- Hillside Cemetery1 recipient
- Laurel Hill Cemetery1 recipient
War memorials
Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial “BUILT BY THE PEOPLE OF MAINE DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE WHO WERE TOUCHED BY THE WAR OCT. 19. 1985” | near Augusta |
| World War I Memorial “TO THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD WHO FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERTY OF HUMANITY 1917-1919 QUIET THEY REST IN THIS HIGH HOPE SERENE THAT WE FOR...” | near Augusta |
| Battleship Maine Monument | near Bangor |
| Hampden Veterans' Memorial | near Bangor |
| Soldier's Monument “/In Memory Of The/Defenders Of Our Country/By The Veterans/Of Hermon/1861-1865” | near Bangor |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Bangor |
| Honor the Brave Memorial “Honor The Brave/Erected by the City of Bath/A. D. 1867/And Dedicated To/The Memory Of Her Sons/Who Died/That The Nation Might Live/"The...” | near Bath |
| To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten | near Belfast |
| All Wars Monument “WELLINGTON MACFARLAND JORDAN CO. M. 74 U.S. INFANTRY BORN JUNE 6, 1891 DIED AT CAMP DEVENS OCTOBER 10, 1912 WELLINGTON ROAD NAMED IN HIS...” | near Boothbay |
| Blue Star Memorial “A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America” | near Boothbay |
| Boothbay Harbor War Memorial “DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF BOOTHBAY HARBOR WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN ALL WAES AND CONFLICTS ERECTED 1953 RE-DEDICATED JULY 4, 1991” | near Boothbay |
| Boothbay World War II Honor Role | near Boothbay |
| Bowdoin War Memorial “Honored Here Are All Bowdoin Generations Who Served When Our Country Called and Those Who Fell” | near Brunswick |
| Bristol War Memorial | near Damariscotta |
| Waldoboro World War Memorial | near Damariscotta |
| Veterans Memorial | near Greenville |
| Little Italy Veterans | near Millinocket |
| Millinocket Veterans Memorial | near Millinocket |
| World War Memorial | near Old Orchard Beach |
| VFW | near Old Town |
| Etna Veterans Memorial | near Plymouth |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Plymouth |
| Veterans Honor Roll | Plymouth |
| Cape Elizabeth War Memorial “IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CAPE ELIZABETH WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES 1775-1975 AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR OF 1812...” | near Portland |
| Lieutenant Frothingham Memorial “IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. PHILIP B. FROTHINGHAM BORN IN PORTLAND, MAINE, AUGUST 9, 1894 DIED FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 BURIED IN EVERGREEN...” | near Portland |
| Major Charles Loring Memorial Park | near Portland |
| South Portland Civil War Memorial “In Honor Of Our/Patriot Soldiers and Sailors/1861-65/1897” | near Portland |
| Andover Civil War Memorial “In Honor of Those From ANDOVER, MAINE Who Served In The Civil War 1861 - 1865” | near Rumford |
| Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial “IN HONOR OF THOSE FROM ANDOVER, MAINE, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AUGUST 1953 TO JUNE 1974” | near Rumford |
| Andover World War I Memorial “IN HONOR OF THOSE OF ANDOVER, MAINE WHO SERVED IN 1941 - THE WORLD WAR - 1918” | near Rumford |
| Andover World War II Memorial “IN HONOR OF THOSE FROM ANDOVER, MAINE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II DECEMBER 7, 1941 - SEPTEMBER 2, 1945” | near Rumford |
| Bethel War Memorial “IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE HONORABLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE.” | near Rumford |
| Civil War Memorial “Scarboro/To Her Sons/Who Fought/For The Union/1776-1913” | near Scarborough |
| Civil War Memorial | near South Paris |
| Harrison Honor Roll | near South Paris |
| Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll | near South Paris |
| Korea and Vietnam Veterans | near South Paris |
| Norway 1917-1918 Honor Roll | near South Paris |
| Norway Veterans in WWII | near South Paris |
| Paris Maine Veterans Memorial | near South Paris |
| World War Honor Roll | near South Paris |
| Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial | near Thomaston |
| Canaan Veteran's Memorial | near Waterville |
| Central Maine Veterans Memorial | Waterville |
| Veterans Memorial | near Waterville |
| Veterans’ Memorial Bandstand (Plaque) | near Waterville |
| Veterans’ Memorial Plaque | near Waterville |
| Company M, 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Memorial | near Westbrook |
| Korean War Memorial | near Westbrook |
| POW - MIA Memorial | near Westbrook |
| Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument | near Westbrook |
| Vietnam Conflict Memorial | near Westbrook |
| Denmark Civil War Monument | — |
| Fryeburg Honor Roll | — |
| Lincoln Veterans Memorial | — |
| Lubec Veterans Memorial | — |
| Sailors and Soldiers Monument | — |
| Strong Veterans Memorial | — |
| Vanceboro & Lambert Lake Veterans Memorial | — |
| Veterans Memorial | — |
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Help & support
Veteran resources in Maine
VA care, cemeteries, USO centers, posts and meeting places.
Medal of HonorRecipients from Maine
96 recipients.
Memorial and museum locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some entries may be incomplete; opening hours of museums should be checked before visiting.