PERTINENT INQUIRIES FOR MAINE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER
(Portland Evening Express)

Sprague's Journal of Maine History
No.  II
Vol.  VII
AUG. SEPT. OCT 1919
pages 81

PERTINENT INQUIRIES FOR MAINE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER
(Portland Evening Express)

Maine will observe it's 100th anniversary as a State next year and what 
would be more fitting than that it, or some designated organizations, 
mark as many as possible of these historic sites?  There are many notable 
events that will be forgotten unless some permanent memorial is erected to 
recall them to future generations.  Who knows the location of the birthplace 
of the first governor of Maine in Scarboro, or who knows the renowned l
eaders in city, state and nation who rest in the old Eastern or Western 
cemeteries?  What marker commemorates the first naval battle of the 
Revolution at Machias?  Where is the tablet that should designate the 
house where the immortal Lafayette stayed while in Portland?  Who knows 
from any permanent marking that the future King of England, then the Prince 
of Wales, sailed from Portland after his memorable visit to the United States?  
How do strangers know the house at Brunswick where the wonderful story, 
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?  Who will remember in the years to come 
the spot in Maine where the steamer Roosevelt, which made possible the 
discovery of the North Pole by Peary, was built and who knows where the 
explorer spent his boyhood?  Who has any idea where the parents of 
Longfellow are buried, or where Nathaniel Hawthorne spent his youth?  
Do tablets mark the scenes of the birth of Sir Hiram Maxim and his equally 
famous brother Hudson?  Does anyone know the house in which Hannibal 
Hamlin spent his declining days and finally died?  What marking is there to 
point out the James G. Blaine mansion, outside of the indistinct door plate?  
Who knows where the world-renowned Artemus Ward was buried?  A person 
who tries to locate the grave of Elijah Kellogg has great difficulty to tell which 
of the Elijahs on the tombstones is that of the famous preacher and author.  
Where is the site of the first house in Portland or the first church in Maine?  
What tablet records the wonderful history of Portland Head Light, or the 
original tower which stands today as firmly as it did in Washington's time?  
What marking has the old home of Thomas B. Reed, or in fact of any of the 
homes of the men who have made the name known throughout the civilized 
world?  What bronze or granite record is there of John A. Poor's memorable 
fight to make the Grand Trunk a reality, or to mark the spot from which was 
started the first train over this now great system?

--Some of these may already have been attended to by the patriotic and 
vigilant Maine D.A.R., but many of them are being shamefully neglected; 
and the list can be surprisingly increased by a little study along the lines 
indicated by the above timely article.--(EDITOR.)

(c) 1998
Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society
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