samantha smith

This statue was very neat and well maintained. The story is inspirational. You definitely should go check it out!

This one has more of a symbolic meaning. It is a good reminder of the cold war time and one little girl who was asking herself a question that many people both in US and USSR asked themselves.

It's a nice, small statue of a young girl from Maine worth remembering named Samantha Smith. She became an international celebrity with her letter to the leader of the USSR pleading for peace. She was going to be a TV show actress when she died in an airplane crash at the age of 13. It is definitely worth seeing if you are going to the Maine State Museum; it's outside it on the front lawn. The reason I give it only two stars is because you can see it in a couple of minutes, and it should not be listed above other Augusta attractions that offer much more to see. Incidentally, there is another statue on the State Museum grounds nearby of a CCC worker.

my mother used to babysit Samantha Smith and she was a lovely girl who wrote letters to "russia" asking why they (the USA and russia) couldnt just get along! she was ana amzing little girl who died with her father in a plane crash. Please visit and give your love to this littel girl who live long ago!