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The Presidents’ plates: We look back at presidential visits to Maine, with an eye on the food
From lobster to coconut ice cream, it s Fare to the Chief.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower eats a steak dinner at the Skowhegan home of Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith in June 1955. Smith is sitting next to Eisenhower, and Gov. Edmund Muskie is seated across from the president.
Photo courtesy of Margaret Chase Smith Library
On June 27, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a speech at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. Afterward, he joined Sen. Margaret Chase Smith at her home in Skowhegan for a picnic on her lawn.