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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2036_tug-stamford-propeller_Portland-ME.html
Measuring nine feet across, this propeller is from the Tug Stamford which was built in 1951 as the Thomas Tracy, then renamed in 1971 to the Stamford. In 1998, the tug was acquired by the Portland Tugboat and Shipbuilding Co. of Portland, Maine, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-5276a_arctic-campaign-memorial-a-war-memorial_Portland-ME.html
In memory of three thousand men and women who gave their lives in the Arctic Campaign 1941-1945 on convoys to and from Russia We will remember them May 2000 This granite is given by the people of Murmansk City, Russia to the people of Portland M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-d3682_on-this-site_Portland-ME.html
On this site from 1784 till 1955 stood the house in which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born February 27, 1807 This boulder is from the Hiram farm of his grandfather, General Peleg Wadsworth, where the poet spent many happy youthful days. The I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-95e10_boxer-and-enterprise_Portland-ME.html
On September 5, 1813 off Monhegan Island on the coast of Maine, The American brig "Enterprise" commanded by 28 year old Lt. William Burrows engaged in battle with the British brig "Boxer" commanded by 29 year old Captain Samuel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TN3_mariners-church-historical_Portland-ME.html
Top Plaque Maine Freedom Trails Established 2007 Bottom Plaque Mariner's Church Fore and Moulton Street location of Daniel Colesworthy's basement anti-slavery bookstore and printshop. In 1836 Colesworthy printed "Light and Truth From Ancient and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMY_portland-maine-freedom-trail-hack-stand-of-reuben-ruby-historical_Portland-ME.html
Top plaque Portland Freedom Trail Maine Freedom Trails Established 2007 Bottom Plaque The Hack stand of Reuben Ruby, corner of Temple and Federal Streets. Ruby (1798-1878) was Portland's foremost African American Anti-Slavery activist and under…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMS_secondhand-clothing-store-of-lloyd-scott-historical_Portland-ME.html
Top plaque Portland Freedom Trail Maine Freedom Trails Established 2007Bottom plaque Secondhand clothing store of Lloyd Scott, 44 Exchange Street. Scott became vice president of the Portland Union anti-slavery society in 1842. Secondhand clothing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKT_first-parish-church-historical_Portland-ME.html
Top Plaque Maine Freedom Trails Established 2007 Bottom Plaque First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist 425 Congress Street. A memorial plaque inside First Parish honors Prentis Mellen. Pews within the church are marked for the abolitionist Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKS_friends-quaker-meeting-house-historical_Portland-ME.html
Top Plaque Maine Freedom Trails Established 2007 Bottom Plaque Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, Corner of Federal and Pearl Streets. Famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison started the Maine anti-slavery movement with a speech given here in 183…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKR_portland-maine-world-war-i-a-war-memorial_Portland-ME.html
To perpetuate the memory of these men of the City of Portland who with unfaltering loyalty gave their lives in the 1914 World War 1919 67 Names are listed They sought not glory but their country's good
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