Remember Maine's Connection to Bull Run: Eastern Cemetery Ceremony

The first battle of the Civil War occurred at Bull Run, Virginia on July 21, 1861. Sargeant Alonzo P. Stinson was the first soldier from Portland and the first 5th Maine Regiment soldier to be killed in the war.

Stinson's comrades from Company H, 5th Maine Regiment erected a monument to honor Stinson in 1908 at Eastern Cemetery in Portland.

To remember those who gave their lives at Bull Run an event is scheduled this Saturday July 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the Alonzo P. Stinson Monument, Eastern Cemetery, Portland.

Speakers:

• Herb Adams, Local Historian 
• Earle Shettleworth, State of Maine Historian 
• Kim MacIsaac, Executive Director, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum