Culture, History & Heritage Maine has long inspired artists and
leaders, builders and dreamers. Oceanside cliffs and barren
fields became landscapes on the canvases of Winslow Homer and
Andrew Wyeth. Tangled woods and tiny towns grew into essential
characters in the poems and novels of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, Sarah Orne Jewett and E.B. White. Those same
influences still shape the works of Maine authors, poets and
artists such as Stephen King, Richard Russo and Alex Katz.
Maine's pine-covered mountains and rugged coast not only
inspired great artists but also men and women whose courage and
leadership shaped our country. These included Brig. Gen. Joshua
Lawrence Chamberlain, the Civil War hero and former governor;
Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of
the U.S. Congress; and Edmund Muskie, the former US senator and
secretary of state. There are many ways to meet Maine's talented
and important people - both past and present. Maine's historic
sites offer a fascinating way. Former fa