LEWISTON — Carl Sheline’s daughter was attending McMahon Elementary School when she brought home a project on the school’s namesake — Thomas McMahon. Having recently moved here, Sheline did not know the significance of the McMahon name until he looked at his daughter’s project. The Thomas J. McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston is named for a local war hero who was awarded […]
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Auburn rededicates corrected gravestone of Medal of Honor recipient
AUBURN — Company F of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was on the left flank of the Union lines during the Battle of Bristoe Station in Virginia on Oct. 14, 1863, during the Civil War. With the Confederate lines faltering in front of him, Cpl. Moses C. Hanscom from the Danville neighborhood of Auburn […]
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Auburn hosting ceremony for Medal of Honor recipient from Civil War
The new gravestone of Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Moses C. Hanscom, who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn. AUBURN — A rededication ceremony for a Civil War veteran and the city’s only Medal of Honor recipient will take place on the anniversary of his heroic actions. Moses C. Hanscom, […]
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Bench dedicated to Lewiston Vietnam War hero
LEWISTON — Thomas McMahon was driving his signature hearse with family and friends in Pennsylvania to visit his sister in the mid-1960s when they stopped at a gas station, his brother Michael recalled. The gas station attendant spotted someone lying in the back of the hearse. “The guy asked, ‘Is that guy dead?’ My brother […]
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LHS Class of '67 to dedicate bench, honor fallen classmate
LEWISTON — Members of the Lewiston High School Class of 1967 will gather at Veterans Memorial Park on Friday to dedicate a granite bench to veteran classmates “and all those who have served our country.” A special salute will be given to classmate Thomas J. McMahon, who was killed in the Quang Tin Province during the […]
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Auburn to correct Civil War Medal of Honor recipient's gravestone
AUBURN — His gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery says he was a Medal of Honor recipient during the Civil War, but Moses C. Hanscom’s surname is misspelled on his government-issued veteran’s marker. The city of Auburn plans to correct that. Having received a replacement stone, the city is planning a ceremony this fall to honor […]
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Obama to award Medal of Honor to Army sergeant from Nashua, N.H.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award Sgt. Ryan J. Pitts, 28, the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on July 21, the White House announced Monday, for his actions during a deadly battle in Afghanistan six years ago. Just before dawn on July 13, 2008, nine U.S. soldiers were killed and 27 […]
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Joshua Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor returned to Brunswick
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Congressional Medal of Honor has arrived back in Brunswick. The medal Chamberlain received in 1893 for his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg is at the Pejepscot Historical Society. The historical society received the medal in an anonymous package in July but […]
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Joshua Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor surfaces at church sale
BRUNSWICK — One of the most prestigious medals earned by one of Maine’s most decorated sons was discovered at a church sale and turned over to a Brunswick-based organization for safe keeping, the group announced Monday. The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was awarded to Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain — who would go on […]