Maine, its history, resources and government . lion, but after many grievances had culminatedin British troops firing on the people in Boston and in thebattles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, there aroseamong the people an unquenchable spirit of patriotism for Amer-ica as an independent country. This intense desire found voicein the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and itsjustification in the long struggle to final success. Maine sent a considerable number of men to join the army 40 THE STORY OF MAINE and prepared at the very beginning to assume her share of theburdens of w
Maine, its history, resources and government . lion, but after many grievances had culminatedin British troops firing on the people in Boston and in thebattles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, there aroseamong the people an unquenchable spirit of patriotism for Amer-ica as an independent country. This intense desire found voicein the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and itsjustification in the long struggle to final success. Maine sent a considerable number of men to join the army 40 THE STORY OF MAINE and prepared at the very beginning to assume her share of theburdens of war, York was the first town to send out -a com-pany of soldiers. Other towns soon followed, while many menwere enlisted for service in protecting Maine from occurred finally in the fall of 1775 when a small Britishfleet appeared in Portland harbor and served notice to the in-habitants that the town would be bombarded. The next daythe threat was carried out, and before nightfall practically thewhole town was in ruins or in One of the Boulders Marking Arnolds March Arnolds Expedition to Quebec. One of the most famousevents of the whole Revolution was the march of the expeditionwhich was organized and sent out under the command of Bene-dict Arnold to take the Canadian city of Quebec. It is of specialinterest in this history because his line of march was largelythrough Maine. With eleven hundred men he landed fromtransports at Fort Western in Augusta and thence proceededup ijhe Kennebec toward Quebec by way of Norridgewock and REVOLUTION AND END OF MAINE AS A PROVINCE 41 Dead River. In recent years many boulders with suitablyinscribed bronze plates have been placed to mark his line ofmarch through what was then almost an unbroken wilderness. Arriving at Mt. Bigelow, the highest point of land in the DeadRiver region, a party was sent to the top to find out what couldbe discovered of the country beyond, through which they mustpass. Their flag was planted upon th
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