# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Stories from Maine's Cemeteries - Ron Romano illustrated lecture
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Ron Romano returns with his new book Stories from Maine Cemeteries - Lives Cut Short. In this lecture, Ron will show how gravestones from the 1800s were inscribed and decorated with symbols to memorialize those who died before their time, and he’ll share stories of Mainers—including some from South Portland—whose lives were cut short by lightning, shipwreck, disease... even murder. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Admission to the lecture is free for current members of South Portland Historical Society; non-members may attend with a $20 donation. Lecture will be held in the Casco Bay Room of the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-portland/stories-from-maines-cemeteries-ron-romano-illustrated-lecture/200030811154909
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: South Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: South Portland Community Center
- **lat**: 43.622866797339
- **long**: -70.270762419477
- **full address**: South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Rd, South Portland, ME 04106-6410, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Stories from Maine's Cemeteries - Ron Romano illustrated lecture being held?
  - **A:** Stories from Maine's Cemeteries - Ron Romano illustrated lecture takes place on Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 28 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Rd, South Portland, ME 04106-6410, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Stories from Maine's Cemeteries - Ron Romano illustrated lecture?
  - **A:** Stories from Maine's Cemeteries - Ron Romano illustrated lecture is organized by South Portland Historical Society.

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