Portland, Maine is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Eastport, Maine is the only United States owned principality that has been under rule by a foreign government. It was held from 1814 to 1818 by British troops under King George following the conclusion of the War of 1812.
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The coastline of Maine boasts so many deep harbors it is thought all the navies in the world could anchor in them.