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The 27th Maine Volunteers
The 27th Maine Regimental Association
Thursday, 9 August, 1900, at Biddeford
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From the Portsmouth Herald dated Friday, 10 August, 1900:
Biddeford's special observance of Old Home Week took place Thursday and chief among the guests were the veterans of the 27th Maine regiment, who had selected the place for holding their regimental reunion.
Among the veterans present were the following from:
Company G:
Kittery: J W Brown, Jotham H Gerry, Oliver Cottle, W.H.Carr, A.H.W. Trefethen, John Pettigrew
York: Hamden Keen
Newport, RI: Josiah Keen
Portsmouth: Charles Lydston
Eliot: H.M.Paul
Brockton, MA: Isaac Foye
Company F:
Kittery: William M Smith and N.M.Milliken
The following officers for the ensuing year were chosen:
President: John M Hayes, Sanford
Vice Pres's: Colonel J.M.Stone, Kennebunk; Captain J.F.Warren, Buxton; C.L.Hayes, Kittery
Secretary: W.S.Hasty, Portland
Treasurer: J.T.Mason, Biddeford
Executive Committee: H.H.Burbank, Saco; M.S.Heard, North Berwick; W.S.Dunn, Portland; George W Wakefield; George W Gerrish, Berwick; H.W.Trefethen, Kittery; A.F.Smith, Biddeford; C.H.Norton, Biddeford; Erastus Moulton, Newton,MA; J.B.Smith, Kennebunkport
NOTE: Not held on the usual day of 27 August set for the annual reunions, this meeting was probably held at a different time to coincide with this special Old Home Week in Biddeford that many were going to attend.
Biddeford's special observance of Old Home Week took place Thursday and chief among the guests were the veterans of the 27th Maine regiment, who had selected the place for holding their regimental reunion.
Among the veterans present were the following from:
Company G:
Kittery: J W Brown, Jotham H Gerry, Oliver Cottle, W.H.Carr, A.H.W. Trefethen, John Pettigrew
York: Hamden Keen
Newport, RI: Josiah Keen
Portsmouth: Charles Lydston
Eliot: H.M.Paul
Brockton, MA: Isaac Foye
Company F:
Kittery: William M Smith and N.M.Milliken
The following officers for the ensuing year were chosen:
President: John M Hayes, Sanford
Vice Pres's: Colonel J.M.Stone, Kennebunk; Captain J.F.Warren, Buxton; C.L.Hayes, Kittery
Secretary: W.S.Hasty, Portland
Treasurer: J.T.Mason, Biddeford
Executive Committee: H.H.Burbank, Saco; M.S.Heard, North Berwick; W.S.Dunn, Portland; George W Wakefield; George W Gerrish, Berwick; H.W.Trefethen, Kittery; A.F.Smith, Biddeford; C.H.Norton, Biddeford; Erastus Moulton, Newton,MA; J.B.Smith, Kennebunkport
NOTE: Not held on the usual day of 27 August set for the annual reunions, this meeting was probably held at a different time to coincide with this special Old Home Week in Biddeford that many were going to attend.