{"id":205,"date":"2022-07-30T17:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/FortH30\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T14:47:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"205\" class=\"elementor elementor-205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe1d2d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe1d2d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c369d0\" data-id=\"6c369d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4b527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c4b527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Our Chapter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf52e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdf52e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fort_Halifax_Maine_3-959x510-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-665\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fort_Halifax_Maine_3-959x510-.jpg 959w, https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fort_Halifax_Maine_3-959x510--300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fort_Halifax_Maine_3-959x510--768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9608edc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9608edc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9133f8c\" data-id=\"9133f8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7cd126\" data-id=\"b7cd126\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0277fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0277fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fort for which our chapter is named was built at the junction of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers. The early settlers petitioned the Governor of Massachusetts for a fort. Fort Halifax was built in 1754 consisting of three blockhouses, a stockade, and a longhouse. It was placed under the command of William Lithgow. Many hardships were endured, but the last skirmish with the Indians occurred in 1757, and the fort was dismantled in 1763, at the close of the French and Indian War. Later the longhouse, called \u2018The Fort House\u2019, was used for public purposes; the first church service, the first town meeting, and the hotel at which Arnold stopped on his way to Quebec. The one little block house still standing on the bank of the Sebasticook, which is the only one in the state which was built before the American Revolution, is the sole reminder of the pioneer days of our forefathers. From 1924 to 1966, the Fort Halifax Chapter, NSDAR, owned the blockhouse and was responsible for its upkeep. The chapter turned the property over to the state in 1966. The town purchased the property surrounding the blockhouse in 1976 and 1982, with the plan to rehabilitate the area and develop a park.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f4fd5d\" data-id=\"7f4fd5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befb434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"befb434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebab781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ebab781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FortHalifaxMaine-1896.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-273\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca2916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca2916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small><em>Fort Halifax, circa 1896<\/em><small><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Arnolds-Trail-Marker-in-Winslow-closeup-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainedar.org\/forthalifax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Arnolds-Trail-Marker-in-Winslow-closeup-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-234b53f\" data-id=\"234b53f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ce53a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37ce53a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fort Halifax Chapter, NSDAR, placed a marker in Winslow on Arnold&#8217;s Trail, opposite the Congregational Church, on the bank of the Kennebec River, to commemorate the arrival of Arnold and company on the evening of September 26, 1775. This boulder was dedicated in November 1919.<\/p><p>The Fort Halifax Chapter, NSDAR, has a reproduction of the original charter of Winslow, Maine, signed by Thomas Hutchinson, Tory Governor of Massachusetts.<\/p><p>Fort Halifax Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on March 17, 1913, with Carrie Stratton Howard as the organizing regent. There were 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/FortH30\/charter-members\/\">charter members<\/a>.<\/p><p>Learn about the accomplishments of our <a href=\"https:\/\/mainedar.org\/FortH30\/past-chapter-regents\/\">Past Chapter Regents here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b83c93b\" data-id=\"b83c93b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our Chapter The fort for which our chapter is named was built at the junction of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers. The early settlers petitioned the Governor of Massachusetts for a fort. Fort Halifax was built in 1754 consisting of three blockhouses, a stockade, and a longhouse. 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