Dignitaries applaud the unveiling of a portrait of former Maine Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Attending are (from left) House Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee; Maine Sen. Susan Collins; Anne St. Ledger Herrin; John Bernier; Ronald Frontin, the South Thomaston artist who painted the portrait; Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe; and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
MPR Executive Editor Linda Silka in Bangor Daily News
