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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=== | ||
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. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: | [[Literature]]: | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | |||
[[Category:[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | |||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] |
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