Welcome.

  The old engineering building located in Mill Creek Park in the City of South Portland is soon to be, once renovated, the new home of military artifacts and uniforms honoring Maine veterans from all wars and of peacetime service. The centerpiece will be the largest display of Vietnam POW items ever seen in the United States, comprised of actual POW uniforms and artifacts made in prison which were smuggled out at release, such as a small Christian Cross, a bamboo rosary, the Chinese lock & chain used to hold a prisoner in his cage, secret writing on toilet paper and cigarette wrappers, art work done after Homecoming and much, much more.

  I currently have two major displays at the Smithsonian Museum, (American Museum of History and the Air & Space Museum) in Washington,  DC., one at the Richard M. Nixon Library in California, one at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ, with a major upcoming exhibit on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, as well as items at the Wright-Paterson AFB Museum.

  The items being requested are not limited to Maine veterans only, but to anyone who served this nation, making this a special place for future generations to learn your story and that of your families, not Hollywood’s version.

  I am asking for your support through a cash donation to purchase glass display cases and to refurbish the museum building.  Checks which are 501 (c)(3) tax deductible should be made out to:

MAINE MILITARY MUSEUM & LEARNING CENTER

  I am also inviting your participation by asking for your help with uniforms, patches, insignia, medals, war souvenirs, books, paperwork, truly anything military, which are currently gathering dust in attics and closets. Here in this museum your artifacts will be displayed with your name and thus your service will be forever honored.

  I look forward to working with you as we preserve the history of those who have served our nation and defended our freedoms,

 Lee
Lee Humiston
Vietnam War POW Archivists & Museum Curator