This Maine Dairy Queen Once Hosted a U.S. President

While it often feels like Maine is a faraway corner of the nation where no major political figures ever visit, the truth is quite the opposite.

In addition to the Bush family's long history with the state, numerous other presidents and presidential candidates have visited Maine.

President Kennedy, for example, visited Maine several times.  Once, in August 1962, during a vacation on the Midcoast.  He also visited the state in October of 1963, just days before that fateful trip to Dallas.  During that 1963 visit, he landed at Bangor's Dow Air Force Base and was drive to UMO, where he gave a speech and accepted an honorary Doctor of Law degree.

One of the more interesting presidential visits to the state involved a stop for ice cream.  Not, it was not a visit by President Biden, either.

Lyndon B Johnson's Visit to Maine

LBJ was president between 1963 and 1969.

In 1966, President Johnson made a visit to Maine.  He reportedly flew into Brunswick Naval Air Station.  He was driven from Brunswick to Lewiston, where he spoke in front of over 10,000 people at Kennedy Park.

As the story goes, he did make one pit stop between Brunswick and Lewiston.

President Johnson reportedly stopped at the Dairy Queen in Topsham.  By some accounts, the president had two cones.  One was chocolate and the other was vanilla.

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At one point, there was a sign that explained the president had eaten there.  While the sign is now gone, the DQ is still there, serving up cones, shakes, sundaes, and Blizzards.