Wyoming

The Wyoming is a life size model of a ship that is located at the Maine Maritime Museum.

Maine Maritime Museum

The Maine Maritime Museum is located in Bath. It is a place where people can go to see the differnt exhibits, artifacts, interactive areas for children and adults, an historic shipyard with five of the original 19th century buildings, a Victorian-era shipyard owners home, an active waterfront a life-size sculptural representation of the largest wooden sailing vessel ever built, and a scenic campus on the bank of the Kennebec River. It was very education going to the Museum. I enjoyed see the different exhibits about the was ships were built. When I was there only three other people were at the museum. It was a very slow day, but I go to walk around and see things without crowds around me. The best part was see the view of the Kennebec River.

The Plant Home

Thomas G Plant grew up in poverty and, as the nation's first Franco-American industrialist, paid the highest wadge and provided the best working conditions in American shoe industry. He was a very special man. When his mother got sick he uilt this house for her to get well in. It has become an assisted living home. The house is now split up into room with a common area, a living room, T.V. room dinning room and different staff offices. I believe that Mr. Plant would be very glad to see the tremendous progress of the home. When I was there it was lunch time, I was visiting my mother. The people all welcomed and I sat and asked a few of them how the liked living there. Each one of the told me that its just as good as living at home!

Parker Head Village

This village was named for pioneer Parker families who owned land in the area in 1659. The story behind the neck was when Gen. Benedict Arnald, at the start of the March to Qubecce in Sept 1775, visited John Parker who was living on the neck at the time sat and consuming a rum toddy together. Parker's grave is one of the 19 known Revolutiony war site in Phippsburg.

Chamberlain House

The Joshua L Chamberlain Museum is an amazing keepsake of Maine history. When walking into the museum one would walk right into a gift shop, which is the only part of the house that is different from when the Chamberlain's lived there. Walking around the house you would get to see pictures of Chamberlain and his family, Chamberlain's army uniform, and original furniture to the home. The people that have put together the museum have done a great job of collecting things of Chamberlains and placing them in the same place where they were wen he lived there. During the tour I learned a lot of interesting infromation about Chamberlain and his family. I enjoyed looking in the office area were there was a collection of his Civil War things. There was his unifom, a picture of his horse and the bollet that shot and injured him during battle. There was many great detials that were put into the house that let people see a different side of Joshua L Chamberlain.

Photos By: Nicole Brassard

Frist Street Parish Church

Photo By: Nicole Brassard

The First Street Parish Church is located in Brunswick Maine. This church was attended by Harriet Beecher Stowe and General Joshua Chamberlain. Harriet Beecher Stowe claimed that she was inspired to write Uncle Tom's Cabin after seeing a vision of the slave Tom while she was worshipping at the First Parish Church in Brunswick. There is a plaque located at the pew of both Stowe and Chamberlain. The Chamberlain family sat at pew number 64. Chamberlain spoke at the church on numerous occasions. Other famous people that have spoken from the pulpit of this historic church include Longfellow, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. When I walked in the church it was very quite and beautiful. I got the chance to see the pews were Chamberlain and Stowe use to sit. When I was there it was the middle of the week and no one was around. It was very inspiring to see the location.

Twin Schooners

This photo is a taken of a painting of the Schooners in Wiscasset. The painting is located on the pub side of Sarah’s Café and Twin Schooner Pub. The ships were named the Hesper and the Luther Little. These two ships were built in the early 1900's and set sail in 1918. They were carrying coal from Maine to Lisbon, Portugal. The ships hit hard waters and with the amount of weight that was being carried by the ships they raked in the Sheepscot River. For years the ships were a great tourist attraction. People would come from all over to see the wooden ships. About ten to twelve years ago, depending on who in the town you talk to, the ships got taken down do to the fact that they were rotting away and causing trouble with the local wildlife.

Today there is a local dock were the ships use to be. In the summer time people rent the dock space and sell local goods. Right now the dock in empty, awating the people to come drving down Rt 1.

Photos By: Nicole Brassard

Fort Popham

Fort Popham located in Phippsburg Maine. It is the location of the first colony of America, Popham colony. The fort was later used for military use in the War or1812. If you go to the fort today you would see it as it was then. You use to be able to go inside the fort, but when I went it was closed. It is at the end of Popham Beach. When I was there it was very cold so we didnt stay long.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was a great American author. She wrote the very controversial book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book about slavery. According to legend, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 he said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War!"
The original part of this house is still in tack today. There has been additions to the house to make it into a B&B. The front part of the house it where the Stowe family lived while in Brunswick.

This is a plaque that on is the out side of the Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house, the same house where she wrote her book. The house is located on Federal Street in Brunswick Maine. When I went to the house there were a few people around, mainly Bowdoin College students. Bowdion College bought the house a few years ago and made it into dorms and offices for the college. The house has been made into many different things throw out time. It was once a local B&B drawing in people from all over to see where Mrs. Stowe had written her famous book. The house is no longer open to the public, so I did not get a chance to go inside.

Photos By : Nicole Brassard