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This undated photograph above shows the monument of Robert Pinckney Dunlap, governor of Maine from 1834 to 1838, at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick. The bust on top is by Franklin Simmons, a Maine-born artist who also sculpted the statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland’s Longfellow Square. Dunlap is one of two Maine governors buried at Pine Grove: The other is Civil War hero Joshua L. Chamberlain. On Sunday, the first in Pejepscot Historical Society’s Summer 2012 Walking Tours series will reveal the lives of some of Pine Grove’s illustrious residents. Join guide Dick Snow at 1 p.m. Sunday just inside the cemetery’s gate on Bath Road. Parking is available across the street at Bowdoin College. Admission is $2 in advance, $4 on the day of the tour, and free for PHS members. Space is limited, so call 729-6606 to register. Visit www.pejepscothistorical.org to view all of the society’s summer 2012 walking tours.
This undated photograph above shows the monument of Robert Pinckney Dunlap, governor of Maine from 1834 to 1838, at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick. The bust on top is by Franklin Simmons, a Maine-born artist who also sculpted the statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland’s Longfellow Square. Dunlap is one of two Maine governors buried at Pine Grove: The other is Civil War hero Joshua L. Chamberlain. On Sunday, the first in Pejepscot Historical Society’s Summer 2012 Walking Tours series will reveal the lives of some of Pine Grove’s illustrious residents. Join guide Dick Snow at 1 p.m. Sunday just inside the cemetery’s gate on Bath Road. Parking is available across the street at Bowdoin College. Admission is $2 in advance, $4 on the day of the tour, and free for PHS members. Space is limited, so call 729-6606 to register. Visit www.pejepscothistorical.org to view all of the society’s summer 2012 walking tours.

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