HARPSWELL (AP) — Maine officials and residents will gather near the island home of explorer Adm. Robert Peary to celebrate the island’s elevation to National Historic Landmark status.
The state is holding a celebration at the Eagle Island State Historic Site in Casco Bay on Saturday at noon. Maine senators announced in September that the site was among nine joining more than 2,500 national historical landmarks nationwide.
The island is part of the town of Harpswell and was the longtime home of Peary, who spent 23 years exploring the North Pole and coast of Greenland.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Susan Kaplan, director of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. There will also be a tour of Peary’s home and a presentation of a commemorative National Historic Landmark plaque.
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