Excerpt from The Historical Pageant of Portland, Maine: Produced on the Eastern Promenade as a Free Civic Celebration of the Fourth of July 1913 The stage for the setting of the Pageant of Portland is a level greensward on the Eastern Promenade. The pageant players face the monument of George Cleeve, the first settler, which stands higher up on the promenade. For background, the stage has the Atlantic Ocean glimpsed through pine trees, with the islands in the distance. At right and left are pine trees, their dark green in sharp relief against the blue of the ocean. Beyond the pageant grounds on one side The Polly lies at anchor, the oldest privateer now afloat, and one that did valiant service in the War of 1812; while on the other side is the United States warship Idaho. One represents America of the Past, the other America of Today. Thus from where the spectators sit can be seen not only the pageant grounds, but the wide vista of Portland harbor, the beauty and myster of ships, and the magic of the sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.