Maine Militia Flag

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

March 23, 2020 Special Collections Staff Favorites

This Maine Militia Flag is a favorite, particularly during this year of celebration of Maine’s Bicentennial of Statehood. After separating from Massachusetts in 1820, new flags were needed to represent each of Maine’s approximately 100 military companies. Inspired by an elegant design that had previously been created for the Westbook Light Infantry Company by the Ladies there, the new flags were finalized and printed in Boston. The moose resting under a white pine tree, central in this design, remains a part of the state flag used today, adopted in 1909.

The Maine Militia Flag was one of the objects highlighted in a recent book edited by Bernard Fishman, A Story of Maine in 112 Objects, and is featured in Maine Historical Society’s exhibit MHS Commemorates Maine’s Bicentennial 1820-2020.

More information and a digital version of the flag held in Fogler Library’s Special Collections Department is available in our Maine Bicentennial Collection, DigitalCommons@UMaine.

Researchers can also contact Special Collections at 207.581.1686 or um.library.spc@maine.edu.

This favorite contributed by Desiree Butterfield-Nagy, Reference Archivist