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Sebastian Cabot explored the Gulf of Maine in 1497. Soon after, European fishing fleets began coming to the coast of Maine for the amazing abundance of cod and other fish that was found. Stories of 400 pound cod are common amongst these old tales.

Giovanni da Verrazano also explored the area during 1524 and may have explored up the Kennebec River as far as the Merrymeeting Bay. Merrymeeting Bay is a large tidal bay on the Kennebec River just north of Bath, Maine. Most of the area around the bay consists of low rolling hills, good pasture land and tall stands of trees. Native American Indians used the bay and the good land around it. To the point that they introduced wild rice to the area from the mid-west.

"This page honors those men who received the Medal of Honor who are associated with the State of Maine. Associated is used because it not only lists those who were born in Maine, but in the case of some Civil War recipients that were born in another state, but served with Maine Volunteer regiments. There are many cases in which Maine-born recipients performed their heroic deeds with units from other states. The citations will have links to hometowns, burial places, and other related information - if it exists on the Web and we have located it." As quoted from this website.