The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
HE s PLANNING
FDa ITS centennial

&W<1nnA 80. kug. N--Uhe inftia
II $500 q . plAn for me centennia
nnaehsrk3en a - observed In Maine
"A tho Fen a 1890 have been taken
10 comfnit1Oe Of the Legislature ap'
no1neod to esrve with the governor
and council 70 arrange for the ceie-
en13on met recentiy In Augusta and
kakrucesd the governor and council
10 spsnd $4,000 on a celebration OF
= weeks duration In Portland some
ttmel "a the FAN OF 1920, the time TO
~ decsded lAher. providing the city
81 Portland Appropriates an additional
81. 900 70 make a fund of at least
&So, 900 for the affair. II Is believed
By those working out the plans that
thie commemoration Of the admissao q
OF Maine TO the Union in 1870 VIII
BE an epochal event in the history OF
the state, OF interest not only to Maine
people but to all Americans
In view Of the coming centennial
for Maine II is interesting to recall
the record of this state at the IN
ternational Centennial Exhibition
given in Philadelphia in 1885, at
which Maine made more than good
contribution. Many OF tbs exhibits
were most excellent, and IN point Of
applications for space, Maine stood
eighth on the list Of states, nearly
100 entries being made. About SO
awards were made to exhibitors Tex
die fabrics were contributed from the
raills OF Maine not surpassed by those
from any part of the world The
granite displayed was unequakd by
any exhibited
NAMES PLACE IN HISTORY
noteworthy centennial address on
*Maine and Her Place IN History"
was delivered at this celebration by
Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain. At one
time governor OF Maine. then serving
as president of Bowdoin College,
Brunswick. Maine. and most glorious
Of all, at the battle Of Gettysburg he
viewed his native state through the
eyes of statesman. educator. and a
patriot, as a citizen of tho United
States es,6 friend Of an mankind.
Some o. hts remarks on the earliest
history Q. Maine bear out Facts that
In the interests OF Maine and View
England cannot be too often recalled.
There IL no doubt" he said, THAT
The Adventurous spirits of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries were greatly
frawn 10 these waters and shores, all
the natural products OF which Of
fArred 1.-The rnaelves with prirleval prodi-
yAlity One needs only 10 glance AT
the erMy charts, or the wonderful
stories of the vcyagers of the times to
perceive the romantic interest that
.entered here, and BE- prepared to up-
ierstand why the great minds OF that
period attached such Importance TO
he possession Of this guH. as II they
sorsaw that f!s1McaAbecorne the key to
be continent
Especially srd.ru-sYve was the re-
zion between IN PiscauArua and
Penohscot. in &Brnarveious beauty OF
shore and SEES ~ island and inlet. OF
NY and river ARD harhor, surrass ing
any other equally extensive portion
~ the Atlantic coast and compared by
travellers earliest and latest with the
famed archipelago OF the Aegean
Here. where the land stretches out its
hands a hundred miles seaward. and
holds them open by twice that extent
10 welcome the civilization of Europe
10 harhors and fields and pcSverx -
.apacious we should have hooked IN
the exnporiums of American industry
md corn anercaI and the seats OF irrfiu-
snce and powcr upon the continent
There would seem to be no reason m
the nature OF things why the stcrth
soils around Massachusetts, ba.
should have been taken up. white tins
rich lands OF the East were neglected
~ why the neagre natural forces o.
Southern New England should b
overtasked with manufactures Will
the Astounding and more available
powers In the earlier discovered land
should run wild with waste
obscure ton OF Career.
The observation Of its more re
rent career, the absolute and almoe