South Portland, Maine
42 Fort Rd.
GPS coordinates: 43.64880,-70.22787
Take a photo of your rally flag and motorcycle with the above image.*

The US Army Coast Artillery Corp was charged with the defense of the United States coast and harbors. Specialists in the operation of fixed heavy artillery, the CAC also was responsible for mine laying operations in the harbors they defended.

Fort Preble in Portland started as a temporary fort during the American Revolution (known then as Fort Hancock) but with President Jefferson’s coastal defense initiatives it was built up as a permanent fort beginning in 1808. For the next 150 years it guarded the entrance to Portland Harbor until it was decommissioned in 1950.

Inscription:
This monument is
Dedicated to the men and women of
the Coast Artillery Corps who defended Portland Harbor
at Fort Preble in five wars from 1808 through 1945

Also in the area: Go shopping on Congress Street, visit the Portland Observatory, or the world’s only Cryptozoology Museum (dedicated to hidden or unknown animals like the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot), before you head further north into Maine.

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*If motorcycle, rally flag and above image can't be in the same photo, submit two photos: one with rally flag and above image, and another with rally flag and motorcycle nearby. If the site is CLOSED or inaccessible, submit a photo with rally flag and motorcycle nearby, along with an explanation.

Tour of Honor-New England is sponsored by Jim Hatch.