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Explanation: For non-Americans, Maine is a Northern US state which, during the US Civil War, sided with the Union against the secessionist Confederacy of the South, which seceded for the sole purpose of preserving slavery. During the US Civil War, a Maine regiment gained everlasting renown by repelling a secessionist attack during one of the pivotal battles of the war, at Gettysburg. Out of ammunition, rather than retreat or surrender, they fixed bayonets and charged the Confederates, driving them back and preserving a key location on the battlefield for the Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Round_Top
Bonus: an 1861 letter from a good Maine enlisted boy that I think many of us here will find resonates with our values.
— Walter Stone Poor