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We solved the mystery of why Portland’s statue is missing his scarf. And we fixed it.

December 19, 2017Homebronze, christmas, henry, holiday, longfellow, poem, poet, scarfcold, statue, wadsworth
By Troy R. Bennett

A secretive group has been giving Longfellow a scarf and present every year since 1999.

An ‘enemy alien’ from the Middle East created these iconic Maine statues

July 24, 2017Historybronze, claw, joseph, kahill, lobster, lobsterman, peg, plaster, this week in portland history, victor
By Troy R. Bennett
The Maine Lobsterman statue by Victor Kahill has kneeled at the corner of Middle and Temple Streets in Portland since 1977. It depicts real-life fisherman Elroy "Snoody" Johnson of Bailey Island. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

The sculptures can be seen in Portland, Harpswell and Washington, D.C.

The Portland statue criticized for being too white almost crushed its creator

April 17, 2017Historyanonymous, art, baseball, bronze, controversy, this week in portland history
By Troy R. Bennett
This year marks a decade since the statue was dedicated. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

The committee asked Burke to make certain changes. He said, through his lawyer, nope, take it or leave it. So they left it.

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