Press Herald mentions King Plaza as precedent for planned memorials in Portland
The Portland Press Herald mentioned the University of Maine’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza in an article about planned memorials in Portland to honor King. The article discussed the recommendation by a task force to rename Portland’s Bayside Trail and Franklin Street arterial after him, and noted that UMaine had dedicated its plaza on the 40th anniversary of King’s death. Though King never visited Portland, he spoke in Brunswick and Biddeford, according to the article, and UMaine’s plaza sets a precedent for other memorials in places King had not visited personally. If all proceeds according to plan, the renaming process could be completed within the next year, the article states.