The October 2023 (normally September) issue of the Expedition Messenger is out. Just click this link. Contents – Meetings in October, May 20th trail review, AEHS Colburn House Representative selected, 250th Committee Update, History Channel Review of Peggy Shippen, and ROTC grads traverse The Great Carrying Place Portage Trail.
To view the second plaque in the series, upon leaving Old Fort Western in what is now Augusta Maine the Army headed upriver toward the next fort. That would be Fort Halifax, in Winslow, which guards the junction of the Sebasticook, and Kennebec Rivers. There you’ll find this plaque which is the 2nd of the … Read more
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The Plaque shown below marks the spot outside Old Fort Western where Arnold’s Army assembled after embarking from their ships to start the march to Quebec. It is located on the east side of the Kennebec River just a few yards south of the Fort. It is the first in a line of plaques that … Read more