Fort George (Castine, Maine)
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Fort George was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland.
Fort George - British fort built to defend their colony of New Ireland
Ruined stone structure in a bastion of Fort George, possibly a magazine reconstructed in the 1960s
Britain defending New Ireland from the Penobscot Expedition by Dominic Serres
History of Maine
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The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two hundred, measured from the advent of U.S. statehood in 1820. The present article will concentrate on the period of European contact and after.
Marker commemorating the Dutch conquest of Acadia (1674), which they renamed New Holland. This is the spot where Jurriaen Aernoutsz buried a bottle at the capital of Acadia, Fort Pentagouet, Castine, Maine
Loggers at Russell Camp, Aroostook County, ca. 1900
Union private Daniel A. Bean of Brownfield, Maine, 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment by John Wilson (sculptor)