Harbor burning reenactment gives a look at Portland’s role in Revolutionary War

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A cannon is fired Saturday from the Tall Ship Lynx during a reenactment of the Burning of Falmouth. They held up iPhones to capture pictures of the Tall Ship Lynx, a replica 1812 schooner floating in the blue-green water nearby, and sipped coffees in the morning sunlight. People watch Saturday from the Maine State Pier as a cannon is fired from the Tall Ship Lynx during a reenactment of the Burning of Falmouth. Two-hundred fifty years later, visitors to the Maine State Pier got an up-close look at what it would have been like to see Mowat’s ships in the harbor setting off canons. Louise Davis, left, of Portland; her grandmother Pattie Parsons; mother, Emily Davis; and brother Theodore Davis watch Saturday from the Maine State Pier.