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War Years: Summer Community Diminished<\/h1>\n

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While the war raged in Europe, fewer summer residents and visitors were able to come to the island.\u00a0 Travel and resources were limited. Fear of submarines kept many people from traveling by boat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war years affected the summer colony as well…There weren\u2019t as many people coming to the island.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Faller, Ruth Grant. Monhegan Her Houses and Her People 1780-2000<\/em>. Mainstay Publishing. 2001. p.81.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThen the war intervened and most travel stopped<\/em>.\u201d Boynton, Ruth. \u201cAn Artist\u2019s View\u201d. The New Monhegan Press<\/em>. June, 1997. p.5.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wengenroth, Stow. The Captain\u2019s House<\/em>, Monhegan, Maine. 1945<\/p>\n

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