Curator of Historical Collections Angela Goebel-Bain lead a tour of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

This is one of the recruiting posters that are part of the World War I exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

This gas mask is part of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

Overall view of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

Overall view of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

This gas mask is part of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" exhibit on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.

These flower vases made from artillery shells are part of the "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. The trench art was a way for soldiers to pass the time in the trenches and a source of spending money.

Helmets decorated for the post war victory parade in Boston are part of a new exhibit called "Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I" on Thursday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta.