Governor Mills Honors Veterans’ Day – 11/11/24

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A Portrait of Major Charles J. Loring, Jr. That Hangs at the Loring Am Vet Facility on Washington Avenue.  The Loring Memorial Park at the Corner of North Street and the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill is in  His Memory. The Original Hange in the State of Maine Room at Portland City Hall.

“Maine can proudly say that we have one of the highest numbers of Veterans per capital of any state in the country.  That is because Maine has always shouldered its responsibility to protect our country, with Maine people defending our nation and its ideals in nearly every conflilct throughout our history,” said Governor Janet T Mills (D) in a press release issued this morning.

“Maine veterans teach all of us  to cherish our rights and to  remember those who gave their lives for their freedoms.  They teach us to remember our sons and daughters today who stood ready to defend the very rights in postings across the globe.  They teach us the strong sense of responsibility that comes from hard work and hard times.  They teach us honor, dignity and service.  This Veterans’ Day I encourage all Maine people to thank a service member and to honor the rights and freedoms these service members fought for.”

For more information on Major Charles J. Loring, Jr., for whom the Loring Memorial Park is named, please visit posts herein dated May 31, 2021, May 16, 2009 and May 10, 2020.