Items left at memorials from Lewiston's darkest day are displayed Monday at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room, adjacent to the main exhibit room at the museum, is filled with tributes from the memorials or sent to the museum after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting that killed 18 people.
One of four tiny white statues of hands forming the "I Love You' sign used by the deaf community sits on a pedestal Monday in the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston.
Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses for a moment Monday afternoon in front of photos in the main exhibit room at the museum in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The photos were taken of items left at memorials in front of the two locations of mass shootings in Lewiston on Oct. 25, 2023.
A tribute from the West Coast hangs on the wall in a special room Monday at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room is filled with tributes from the memorials sent to the museum after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting.
Postcards hang Monday from the ceiling in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room, adjacent to the main exhibit room at the dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day museum is dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses Monday afternoon in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The space is dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day, the Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting.
A giant stuffed moose is one item in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room, adjacent to the main exhibit room, is dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day, Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting.
Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante opens a book Monday afternoon at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. L.L. Bean created the book for the museum with notes written on napkins from a Southwest Airlines flight shortly after the mass shooting Oct. 25, 2023, in Lewiston.
Napkins with messages from Southwest Airlines passengers written shortly after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston were used by L.L. Bean to create a book for a museum dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day.
Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses for a moment Monday afternoon in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston that is dedicated to Lewiston's darkest day, Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting.
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