To motivate young people to be better citizens… Service Learning Project Medal of Honor Memorial Old Town, Maine

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Mission A request from Mr. Matt Dunlap, the Maine Secretary of State to create memorials to remember and honor the Medal of Honor winners from the State of Maine. Requested that the memorials be created in the birthplaces of the Medal of Honor winners from all conflicts.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… The Process from Secretary of State Develop a Plan Contact Town Contact MSO Contact Art Department Choose a Site Publicity Fundraising Purchase Materials Get Volunteers Get Professionals Install Memorial Dedication Ceremony

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Background The President, in the name of Congress, Has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Criteria for Award The Medal of Honor is awarded by the President, in the name of Congress, to a person who, while a member of the Army, distinguishes himself or herself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Criteria Continued The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his or her comrades and must have involved risk of life. Incontestable proof of the performance of the service will be exacted and each recommendation for the award of this decoration will be considered on the standard of extraordinary merit.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Historical Medals of Honor Army 1896 Tiffany Cross 1919 Navy 1862 Army 1904

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Current Medal of Honor Designs

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Army

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Air Force

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Civil War

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Old Town’s Medal of Honor Recipient Brigadier General (then Captain) LEWELLYN G. ESTES Old Town, Maine

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Citation Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, Volunteers. Place and date: At Flint River, Georgia, 30 August Entered service at: Penobscot, Maine. Birth: Old Town, Maine. Date of issue: 29 August Citation: Voluntarily led troops in a charge over a burning bridge.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Late in the afternoon of August 30, 1864, General Howard's advancing Union Infantry camped about four miles from the Flint River in Georgia. Without water for his exhausted troops, General Howard asked Captain Lewellyn Estes if he would take his Cavalry in an effort to get water from the river for the troops. Valiantly, at the head of his command, Captain Estes led the 96th Illinois Cavalry on a charge against the Confederate barricade at the river. Within an hour his fierce charge, which had caught the rebels entirely by surprise, scattered the enemy force and sent them across the river. Returning to his command, and upon being congratulated by General Howard, Captain Estes asked, "Do you want me to take the bridge." "Can you do it?" General Howard asked. Captain Estes replied that he could and, with the general's permission, led two regiments of dismounted cavalry back to the river. With two companies of the 10th Ohio, Captain Estes charged across the bridge to rout the enemy. At the time of his charge the bridge was burning in several places, but armed only with a revolver, Captain Estes continued at the head of his men, crossing and driving the enemy back far enough for the rest of General Howard's Army to also cross. Historical Account of the Event

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Historical Account of the Event

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Historical Account of the Event

To motivate young people to be better citizens… School Community Partners Army JROTC Class Ms. Rice’s Art Class - Pencil Drawing

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Curriculum Linkages Leadership Citizenship Planning Coordinating Writing Skills JROTC Research Internet Skills How Govt Works

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Art Classes - Painting Contact Art Department at School Develop and Create a work of art Use the artwork to help in fundraising efforts Create a painting and sculpture of the event.

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Curriculum Linkages Art History Planning Coordinating Creativity Art Class Internet Skills Research Skills Use of Media Interpretation

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Community Partners Old Town School Department SLO City of Old Town Maine Office of the Maine Secretary of State Old Town Businesses Community Leaders Military Service Organizations - MOWW Community Service Organizations Center for Military History

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Community Needs Met Preserve Town History creating a connection to the past. Recognition of a Town Hero Positive Role Model for Citizens of Old Town Source of Civic Pride

To motivate young people to be better citizens… Questions?