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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZ0_u-s-s-eagle-56-pe-56_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
In memory of the officers and crewmen of the U.S. Navy's Eagle Class Sub-Chaser U.S.S. Eagle-56 (PE-56) torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-853 approximately nine miles southeast of this location on Monday, 23 April 1945 with the loss of for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYZ_spurwink-church_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
Spurwink ChurchBuilt, 1802Rebuilt C.1834 National Register ofHistoric Sites
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYX_civil-war-memorial_Scarborough-ME.html
ScarboroTo her sonswho foughtfor the Union
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1Q_portland-head-light_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
Since its commission by George Washington in 1790, Portland Head Light remains an enduring symbol of the rugged, solid characteristics of a magnificent coastline and proud people weathering the challenges of nature and time.In observance of Greate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV6_portland-civil-war-monument_Portland-ME.html
More than four thousand menwere enrolled from Portlandin the army and navy for theWar of the RebellionMore than three hundred were killed in battle ordied in service.Honor and grateful remembranceto the dead, equal honor to thosewho, daring to die…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV5_wadsworth-longfellow-house_Portland-ME.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic LandmarkUnder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating and illustratingthe history of the United StatesU. S. Department of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV4_ccc-headquarters_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps hired unemployed young men during the Great Depression. The CCC provided training to men between the ages of 18 and 25 for work on conservation projects includin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV3_a-town-within-a-town_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
The primary purpose of Fort Williams may have been for coastal defense, yet many men, women, and children also called it home. This self-sustaining community featured many of the buildings and services typical of an American town of the time inclu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUZ_fort-williams_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
From the 1750s, Portland Harbor was of economic importance as the closest American harbor to Europe and of strategic importance as a protected anchorage for the navy. As part of an upgrading of the harbor defenses in 1873, construction began on a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUT_battery-blair_Cape-Elizabeth-ME.html
Battery Blair was completed in 1903. It was named for Francis P. Blair, Jr., a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars who rose to the rank of major general and later represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate. The battery consisted of two twelve-inch …
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