We’re at the famous old Eastern Cemetery in Portland. British Colonials established it back in 1668. By the way, Maine remained part of Massachusetts until it broke away to become its own state in 1820 following a 35 year long quarrel over the abolition of slavery. The 1820 Missouri Compromise required an even number of free and slave states. While Massachusetts was a Federalist Party stronghold, what became Maine was the bastion of local semi-autonomous townships and once-landless farmers who moved there after the American Revolution. The majority of Mainers back then supported the Democrat-Republican Party with its mix of liberalism, ruralism, decentralization, and fierce abolitionism.