03/25/2026
It’s race week! Thank you to all who have already signed up to run/walk or volunteer with us on Sunday. Registration will be open until 7:30am on race day.
We are finalizing the volunteer and runners guides and you will see these via email in the next day or so.
To celebrate race week – check out a few of the historic places you will see along the race route.
1 - Lincoln Park is the city's oldest public park, established in 1866 as a firebreak following the Great Fire. It is a historic 2-acre green space, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, featuring a restored 19th-century Parisian fountain. The park is named for Abraham Lincoln.
2/3 - Portland City Hall in Maine is a historic Beaux-Arts granite building located at 389 Congress Street, completed in 1912. It serves as the center of city government, featuring a distinctive 200-foot tower and housing the 1,908-seat Merrill Auditorium. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 – Wadsworth - Longfellow House is both the oldest standing structure on the Portland peninsula and the childhood home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Our race’s namesake).
5- Monument Square features the statue “Our Lady of Victories” which is one of largest bronze statues in America. This monument honors over 5,000 Portland soldiers & sailors who served in the Civil War.
6– Longfellow Square - This monument honors famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 7 ft in height, and designed by the same artist who also sculpted Our Lady of Victories Monument in Monument Square! The names of children in New England who contributed money for the statue are sealed in a box in the statue’s pedestal.
See you all on Sunday!!!
