Panel Explaining 45th Parallel Marker Unveiled

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PERRY - A rough-cut, red granite stone that marks the 45th parallel - that imaginary line around the Earth that is halfway between the equator and the North Pole - was recognized Saturday with an interpretive panel that explains its history.

The panel notes that Perry is at the same latitude as the French wine regions of Bordeaux, the deserts of Mongolia, the northernmost tip of Japan and Salem, Ore.

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Panel Explaining 45th Parallel Marker Unveiled

On Saturday, state Sen. Kevin Raye, R-Perry, Rep. Anne Perry, D- Calais and members of the Board of Selectmen, Perry Improvement Association, the Border Historical Society and St. Croix Historical Society, ...

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