Remember the Maine

Historical marker location:

49 Eastern Promenade, Portland, Maine

( Marker is at the intersection of Eastern Promenade and Morning Street, on the right when traveling north on Eastern Promenade.)

Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition: Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition in 1851, almost 70 years before the rest of the country followed suit. However, it was also one of the first states to repeal Prohibition, doing so in 1934.