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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Shield: Per fess gules and argent, in chief a star of five points argent and in base a pine tree proper.<br>
Crest: a Phoenix issuant purpure winged or.<br>
Motto: Terrae Portam Defendamus = We defend the land gate (or port).<br>


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The Star symbolising the North Star indicates that the Coast Defenses of Portland was the most northern of the Coast Defenses on the US Atlantic Coast. <br>
Later adopted by the 8th Coastal Artillery Regiment.
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