Portland, Maine Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
Portland – Welcome to Maine’s largest city, extending out from the peninsula into Casco Bay. Follow our journey through Portland to see the city’s top spots to explore.
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#Portland is renowned for its many nearby outdoor adventures, its large downtown arts district and vibrant food scene. Part of Portland’s great charm is also its working waterfront. Your #vacation may begin by exploring Commercial Street and the many wharves and piers.
#Tour the ornate rooms of Victoria Mansion and visit the historic home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of America’s most beloved poets. #Visit the Portland Museum of Art. Many of the artists whose works feature here were inspired by Portland’s coastline, including one of the giants of American Art, Winslow Homer.
Peer through the gun ports of Historic Fort Preble in South Portland. #Explore Spring Point Ledge Light, one of the smaller of Maine’s 57 active lighthouses; on Cape Elizabeth, stands one of New England’s most beautiful, Portland Head Light.
Portland is a wonderful city by the sea with great day trip opportunities to nearby Scarborough, Saco, Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport.
For now, we hope you enjoy watching this #travel #guide as much as we enjoyed making it.
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Flag carried by Maine soldiers during Civil War finds its way home
A Colorado resident mailed the tattered flag back to Maine in order to preserve it.
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Hometown Maine: Portland Fire Museum
There is so much history in the largest in the state, from its role in the Civil War to the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but a 19th century Independence Day fire could have leveled this city all together if not for the heroics of some of the
Oral History Project with World War II Veteran Harold Beal of Southwest Harbor, Maine
Harold Beal is a World War Two veteran from South West Harbor, Maine. He served as a gunner's mate in the United States Navy from December 10th, 1942- March 8, 1946.
This 48 minute interview includes Mr. Beal leaving Maine for boot camp in Newport, Rhode Island at the age of 17, his time on different ships and training in southern England. Mr. Beal was also a part of the amphibious invasion of Normandy, France in June, 1944. Mr. Beal saw first hand the brutality caused by the invasion and it is not an easy story to tell.
The interview was conducted by New England School of Communications students Hannah Billings, Jesse Bunde, and Nelson Perez.
The interview was part of the journalism class Producing and Hosting Radio Public Affairs taught by journalism instructor Jeffrey Hope at the New England School of Communications. We would like to thank Mr. Harold Beal for his time.
Below is a log of the interview if you want to watch a specific section of the interview.
:00 Purpose of Interview, Introductions of Interviewer Hannah Billings, videographer Larry Ayotte at the New England School of Communications, Bangor, Maine
1:00 Harold Beal, Born October 27,1925, Southwest Harbor, Service, Navy Sailor
1:40 Volunteered and joined the Navy
2:00 Shipped off to boot camp at age 17, to Newport, RI, 12 weeks
2:45 Mr. Beal explains times spent on various boats and ships while in the Navy including the Higgins landing craft.
4:45 “What were your responsibilities as a gunner’s mate?
5:15 Training in southern England, Foy, Cornwall County, winter, 1943
5:50 Time in between training in southern England and the driving the Higgins landing craft for the invasion on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, June 1944
6:15 Learning each other’s roles on the boat and Navy training.
7:15 “We did not know exactly where we are going or when we were going.”
7:45 Thoughts the night before leaving for Omaha beach
7:50 Turning 18 in the middle of the ocean
8:00 Mr. Beal's experience landing on Omaha Beach Normandy, France June 6th, 1944
9:00 “What was it like for you storming the beach?”
11:15 Only 4 men survive when shell hits his Higgins landing craft.
12:47 “You grow up quick.”
13:14 Job on the Higgins landing craft
15:40 The Higgin’s landing craft
17:00 Transportation of prisioners of war; wounded soldiers, supplies
18:10 Mr. Beal injured his leg
18:46 Living on anchored ferry boat off the beach in Southern Europe
19:00 Meeting German prisoners of war.
21:15 “What were the prisoners like?”
22:15 “What about the Higgin’s boat made it so great?”
25:20 Bringing prisoners of war to the U.S.
28:20 “I was one of the first ones on the beach and one of the last ones off.”
29:00 Coming back home to the U.S. in New York in 1944
30:00 Lives in private home in New Orleans, Louisiana because there was no barracks
30:24 Work in Houston Texas at the ship yard on Liberty Ships
31:25 Volunteered at night for the USO
33:20 Meeting Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer of the Higgins Landing Craft
34:30 “What do you two talk about?”
35:45 Discharged March 8, 1946
36:00 Problems with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
36:20 Surgery on the same day as the Korean War broke out, kept him out of that war
36:50 Got a job driving trucks, primarily to stay away from people
37:30 “How did your parents react when you came home?”
38:14 Had a knee replacement
38:40 “How long after you had got home did you meet your wife, or did you know her prior?”
39:00 Married in June 1946
39:15 Living with PTSD “I didn’t talk much and my kids were scared of me.”
40:00 Joins a PTSD group in Bangor, ME
40:45 Volunteering at the Cole Land Transportaion Museum in Bangor, ME
44:00 “What is the most common question that the kids ask you?”
44:58 “What are your thoughts about military service today and the time that you serviced?”
47:38 Final thoughts
48:55 Interview ends
Hometown Maine: South Portland
In this weekend's Hometown Maine, WMTW News 8's Norm Karkos travels to South Portland where a museum pays homage to the men and women who have served our country. Subscribe to WMTW on YouTube now for more:
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Great State of Maine Airshow - Brunswick, Maine 8-27-11 - Texas Flying Legends Museum
August 27, 2011 - The Texas Flying Legends were to leave and fly an Airshow in Newport, RI, canceled at the last minute by Hurricane Irene. 7 miles away the Great State of Maine Airshow was taking place at the same time. Maine didn't receive the whallop RI did, so the show went on and TFLM was happy to help out.
See Warren Pietsch do aerobatics in the Last Samurai, the museum's Japanese Zero, and see incredible footage of the Navy's Blue Angels.
Produced by GREAT MOOSE Lake Corporation.
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Tuskegee Airmen's Red Tail comes to (B19) Biddeford, Maine - Texas Flying Legends Museum
Biddeford, Maine (B19) is where the museum keeps their Piper during the summer while the warbirds are at Wiscasset (KIWI). One day at Biddeford I met James Shepard, an original Tuskegee Airmen Crew Chief living in Maine!. He told me so many stories about the Red Tail Squadron while stationed in Italy during WWII. I found out it had been 67 years since Jim had flown in one of his planes. So I called Doug Rozendaal and Alan Miller, who were with the CAF's Red Tail at the AOPA Summit in Connecticut. I told them the story about meeting Jim and if they would be interested in making a fuel stop at Biddeford's 3000 foot runway. They were all in. So we made the plans and called the local media. We told Jim we were having a cookout. When the Red Tail entered the pattern he knew that V-12 sound. Then we told him the plane was there for him and would he like to take a ride. He was up and on the wing soon after and away he went with Alan Miller. They landed in Portland (KPWM) and we picked Jim up in the Piper. Flying back to Biddeford down the Maine coast Alan pulled the Red Tail up in formation and Jim could see his plane flying beside us. Then Alan did a slow roll up into the sky and the Red Tail was off to Mississippi. What a great day for a great man! We thank you for your service Jim, and for the inspiration you and your squadron have given to us all. Here is our video of this wonderful day.
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Ahmed Alsoudani USM Art Talk
Alsoudani fled to the United States as an Iraqi political refugee and arrived in Portland, Maine over fifteen years ago. He later graduated from Maine College of Art and Yale School of Art. His paintings, beautifully conveying the horrors of war, are now collected around the world. Alsoudani is a leading artist represented by the prestigious Haunch of Venison gallery in London and New York City.
Richard Judd-Mapping Maine’s History: The Historical Atlas of Maine
Join Dr. Richard Judd for a presentation about his work developing the newly published Historical Atlas of Maine. Dr. Judd is co-editor with Stephen Hornsby; Michael Hermann is the cartographic designer.
From the University of Maine Press: “After more than a decade of extensive research, the Historical Atlas of Maine presents in cartographic form the historical geography of Maine from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000. Organized in four chronological sections, the Atlas tells the principal stories of the many people who have lived in Maine over the past 13,000 years. The Atlas covers the history of Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, the American Revolution, Maine statehood, industrial development, and the rise of tourism and environmental awareness. To tell these stories, the Atlas presents a rich array of newly created maps, historical maps, paintings, graphs, and text. The result is not only a unique interpretation of Maine, but also a splendid visual record of the state’s history.”
Dr. Judd will describe the delights and frustrations of working on the Atlas project over its fifteen-year history, show some plates from the Atlas, explain some of the new digital approaches the team took in producing the Atlas, and discuss the Atlas’s contribution to understanding the history of the State of Maine.
The atlas is a 203 pages hardcover book with full-color plates, introductory texts, and full citations. It has been featured in the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News.
Co-sponsored by Schoodic Institute and the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
World War II bomber to make appearance at Great State of Maine Air Show
WMTW News 8's Kyle Jones talks with the special group that will be showing off the piece of history at the Great State of Maine Air Show in Brunswick. Subscribe to WMTW on YouTube now for more:
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Hometown Maine - Augusta
In this weekend's Hometown Maine, we head to Augusta. State history is often made in our state capital, but it is also where much of that history is preserved. WMTW News 8's Norm Karkos takes us on a tour of the Maine State Museum. Subscribe to WMTW on YouTube now for more:
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ポートランド旅行ガイド | エクスペディア
ポートランド旅行の参考に、ポートランドの観光地・見どころを10分に凝縮したエクスペディアのポートランド旅行ビデオをどうぞ。
Summer 2011 at Wiscasset, Maine - Texas Flying Legends Museum
August 14th, 2011 - The Texas Flying Legends and the Town of Wiscasset hold an Open House to honor Veterans before they launch to fly an Airshow over the Shipyard Cup in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Incredible aerial footage of the warbirds!
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The hills are alive with the history of skiing in Maine
The Ski Hall of Fame gets ready for the members of the class of 2019.
Dean Ford - Follow My Lead (Live) Portland Maine
live at Port City Music Hall
Hometown Maine - Kennebunk's Brick Store Museum
In this weekend's Hometown Maine, WMTW News 8's Norm Karkos heads to the town of Kennebunk, home to beaches, a national wildlife refuge and its historic little village. Much of its unique past can be found in that very village in a building known as Subscribe to WMTW on YouTube now for more:
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Fort Knox State Park Maine
We knew it was going to be a lot of rain and wind today so we drove to Bucksport Maine to visit the Penobscot Narrows bridge and Observatory, Colonel Bucks Monument, Fort Knox State Park. Today the park was closed to prepare for a Halloween calibration on October 31st, tomorrow but The Friends Of Fort Knox allowed us to have exclusive entry today considering my veterans status. We had the fort to ourselves. Inclement weather didn't stop us from having a great time alone in the fort. Watch our other videos on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory and the Cemetery where Colonel Bucks Monument is located. Although we lived only a couple hours from our home in Hallowell, we stayed at the Bucksport Motor Inn. It's a small, clean, quiet, reasonable rates, conveniently located next to colonel Bucks Monument.
Brief look at RARE BLACKHAWK GUNNERY EXERCISE! (Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany, April 30, 2018.)
Brief look at RARE BLACKHAWK GUNNERY EXERCISE! (Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany, April 30, 2018.)
Official release: U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division conduct flight crew gunnery at the Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany, April 30, 2018.
Credit: U.S. Army video by Sgt. Rajheem Dixon, United States Army.
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Maine Marine, volunteer firefighter killed in shooting
A Marine and volunteer firefighter from Maine died in a shooting Friday, Standish fire officials and his family confirmed Monday.
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