Arnold’S Column Enters Wilderness | September 1775 Cushion

Bring a defining chapter of Maine history home as a richly layered two-sided accent pillow. In September 1775, Benedict Arnold led an American expedition up the Kennebec towards Quebec. Soldiers hauled bateaux through rain, rapids, bogs and an unmapped interior, suffering hunger and exhaustion. The campaign failed to take Quebec, but its passage through Maine remains one of the Revolution’s most severe wilderness marches. The original oil-painted reconstruction is framed as an aged commemorative newspaper edition, with carefully typeset historical context and a discreet notice that it is modern commemorative artwork. The reverse carries the exclusive collection poem “What Maine Has Carried.” Designed by Fryeburg Maine Gifts for history lovers, Maine homes, camps, libraries and thoughtful regional gifting.