Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

In 1926, MacMillan and his crew attended a banquet at the Wiscasset Inn the night before the departure.

There MacMillan presented some interesting facts about the trip and “on other matters of interest around the northern regions.”

The following day, after a luncheon at the Wiscasset Inn, the formal ceremonies began with the Waldoboro Button Band playing and leading the party of explorers, Maine Governor Owen Brewster and other guest speakers to the green in front of the Congregational Church.