I am so happy to report that The National Railway Historical Society has awarded the Narcissus project a $3,000 2016 Heritage Preservation Grant for restoration work on the exterior of the historic interurban!
From: BobKornreich <bobkornreich@gmail.com>Subject: NRHS Heritage Grant/New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc.Date: April 24, 2016 at 5:00:48 PM GMT-4To: randy@leclair.biz
Congratulations, your organization has been awarded an NRHS Heritage Grant. See the attached documents relating to receipt of the grant. Pleaseacknowledge receipt of this email and attachments.Robert M. Kornreich, Chair, NRHS Heritage Grants Committee
On behalf of the National Railway Historical Society and its Heritage Grants Committee, I am pleased to advise that your organization has been awarded a Heritage Grant for 2016 of $ 3,000 for the purpose of purchasing materials for portions of the exterior restoration of the interurban car, the “Narcissus”. The 2016 NRHS awards for Heritage Grants have been posted on the NRHS website, NRHS.com.
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The $3,000 2016 NRHS Heritage Grant Award for the Narcissus will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the 20th Century Electric Railway Foundation through their current match grant challenge!
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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban.
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Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem. This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.
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The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
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Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
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