Portland, Maine

Hugh, and Tony. As a child, Hillary Rodham was a teacher's favorite at her public schools in Park Ridge. She participated in sports, such as swimming and baseball, and earned numerous awards as a Brownie and as a Girl Scout. While in High School, Maine South…

Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain received 120 mutineers, who were brought into Colonel Chamberlain’s camp. These mutineers had signed up for three years in the war, but they disbanded their regiment because of the lack of men and additionally, these men wanted to go home. These men were sent to the colonel, under guard, because he was the only other main regiment. Colonel Chamberlain was told to shoot any of the men who were not willing to fight under the colonel’s own brigade. Colonel…

Over 600,000 casualties was the devastating result of the Civil War, America’s bloodiest military conflict. The South’s decision to secede from the Union is what prompted the onset of the Civil War, which started April 12, 1861- May 9,1865. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Colonel for the Union army. Although he was in multiple battles in the Civil War, he is most remembered for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Of all battles fought during the Civil War, it was argued that the Battle of…

Neal Dow was born to a Quaker family in Portland, Maine and was named "Napoleon of Temperance" and the "Father of Prohibition." Many of his action help justify these nickname. Starting from a young age, he believed that alcohol is the root of all problems of society and was responsible for the downfall of families, homes, individuals, and fortunes. An early example of his prohibition efforts was being one of the founding members of Maine Temperance Society. Maine Temperance Society primarily…

After Dow was elected mayor again in 1855, he continued to fight for full enforcement of the Maine Law. The Maine Law allows towns to buy alcohol for medical purposes. In the spring of 1855, Dow had gone ahead and authorized the city to buy $1,600 worth of medicinal and mechanical alcohol for distribution to pharmacists and doctors. He was technically…

major addition to its Portland, Maine facility. Hemp Americana wishes to report details related to its recent move to sharply reduce outstanding share count, as well as plans for a major strategic revival of its online presence and sales channels. The reduction of 2.25 billion shares will lower the count down from 6 billion to 3.75 billion, which they tend to further lower in the near future. These changes will support the launch of full-scale operations at the Portland, Maine facility:…

Introduction This environmental analysis outlines the structure of the Natural and Specialty Food industry by analyzing how the industry functions, the markets it serves, and the competition it faces. It is important to understand what is considered as “natural” or a “specialty” food. The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not define the term “natural food”, but the agency has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors, or other…

battle of Tripoli Harbor and died 3 years prior to Henry's birth. He was the second son among 8 children. His parents named the children so it would rhyme, "Stephen and Henry, Elizabeth and Anne, Alex and Mary, Ellen and Sam (Maine Historical Society).” He grew up in Portland, Maine which then, was still part of Massachusetts. Stephan Longfellow, Henry's father, was an attorney as well as active in public affairs. His mother was the daughter of General Peleg Wadsworth who fought in the American…

Barbara Ehrenreich spend a month in each of three places—Key West, Portland-Maine, and Minneapolis The novel Nickel and Dimed is written by researcher Barbara Ehrenreich, a middle aged upper-class woman. This novel details Ehrenreich’s study of the average, lower class, working woman. The author knows though, that she truly couldn't perfectly conduct this experiment to replicate her life as the “average woman”. She did not have children to bog her down and deplete her salary. The main point of…

life, however, they would find that King’s life has been almost as tragic as some of his own stories. Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. He was an only child, and his father left him and his mother while King was still little (" Stephen King”). King and his mother then moved to Connecticut, however they moved back to Maine when he was eleven (Britannica). Although his family claims King witnessed his friend get hit by a train when he was young, King himself…