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|Shield: Per fess gules and argent, in chief a star of five points argent and in base a pine tree proper.<br>  
Shield: Per fess gules and argent, in chief a star of five points argent and in base a pine tree proper.<br>  
Crest: a Phoenix issuant purpure winged or.<br>
Crest: a Phoenix issuant purpure winged or.<br>
Motto: Terrae Portam Defendamus = We defend the land gate (or port).<br>
Motto: Terrae Portam Defendamus = We defend the land gate (or port).<br>
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===Origin/meaning===
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[[Literature]]: Coast Artillery Journal Vol 59 (August 1923).


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Coat of arms (crest) of Coast Defenses of Portland, US Army
COAST DEFENSES OF PORTLAND, US ARMY

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Official blazon
English Shield: Per fess gules and argent, in chief a star of five points argent and in base a pine tree proper.

Crest: a Phoenix issuant purpure winged or.
Motto: Terrae Portam Defendamus = We defend the land gate (or port).


Origin/meaning

The Star symbolising the North Star indicates that the Coast Defenses of Portland was the most northern of the Coast Defenses on the US Atlantic Coast.
Later adopted by the 8th Coastal Artillery Regiment.


Literature: Coast Artillery Journal Vol 59 (August 1923).

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