Please double click on the Spirit Stone name below to submit your post-hike reflection letter, or read others’ letters for that spirit stone.
Stone Name | Stone Definition |
7/4/1776 – 9/11/2001 | Honors and pays tribute to all fallen heroes from Maine who have died in the line of duty from 7/4/1776 up to 9/11/2001 |
Bayonets | A swordlike stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting, as was used by the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, during the battle of Little Round Top, on July 2, 1863, on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg |
Bravery | Courageous behavior or character. brave spirit or conduct |
Commitment | The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause |
Community | A social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage |
Country | A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory; the people of a district, state, or nation |
Courage | The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear |
Dignity | Bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation and the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect |
Duty | Something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation, a responsibility |
Endurance | The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way |
Family | A basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not and related to one another by blood or marriage or other bond |
Gratitude | The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness |
Honor | Honesty, fairness, or integrity in one’s beliefs or actions and high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank, great esteem, adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct |
Integrity | The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness and soundness of moral character; honesty |
POW/MIA | The concept of citizen concern regarding United States military personnel taken as prisoners of war (POWs) or listed as missing in action (MIA) |
PTSD | Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, like the atrocities of combat service |
Purple Heart | Established in 1782 and re-established in 1932 and awarded in the name of the president, it is the oldest US military decoration still given to U.S. military members who have been wounded or killed in action |
Respect | A feeling of deep admiration or esteem for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements |
Sacrifice | An act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy |
Service | An act of helpful activity; help; aid, the action of helping or doing work for someone |
Strength | The quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor; mental power, force, or moral power, firmness, or courage |
Teamwork | Cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause |
Valor | Boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery |