Category Archives: Other Organizations

Sorting Letters at the Cemetery

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Don Taylor

While visiting Dunstan Cemetery, cemetery historian Ron Romano noticed unusual initials—“IMP’D O.R.M.” and “T.O.T.E.”—on Millard Whitten’s grave. They revealed Whitten’s membership in the Improved Order of Red Men, a once-popular fraternal organization. Romano explores these symbols and others found on Maine gravestones, uncovering how fraternal orders once shaped community and remembrance. Continue reading →

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Historical Sketch of Prouts Neck

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Frank Moss (Dec'd)

By Frank Moss This historical sketch was originally written by Frank Moss and published in 1912. This is a reproduction of that publication. THE object in writing the following notes is to bridge over the interval between Mr. Moulton’s history … Continue reading →

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