Josh Liller has been the Historian and Collections Manager for the Loxahatchee River Historical Society and the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum in Florida since 2014.
Jupiter Inlet Light Station has a museum on the site that features 5000 years of local history.
Josh also serves as historian for the Florida Lighthouse Association, and he gives presentations related to local history throughout the year.
He’s the co-author of the revised edition of the book Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee, and he was the editor of the second edition of the book The Florida Lighthouse Trail.
Josh is also a regular contributor to the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s journal, The Keeper’s Log, and his column Bright Ideas appears on this news blog.
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Jeremy D’Entremont is the author of more than 20 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. He is the president and historian for the American Lighthouse Foundation and founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and he has lectured and narrated cruises throughout the Northeast and in other regions. He is also the producer and host of the U.S. Lighthouse Society podcast, “Light Hearted.” He can be emailed at Jeremy@uslhs.org
Unfortunately, the National Park Service recommended rejection of ownership by the Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation of Alligator Reef, American Shoal, Carysfort Reef and Sombrero Key lighthouses. Alligator was recommended to a local swim club.
Carysfort Reef, Sombrero Key and American Shoal will be auctioned off in early 2022 according to the GSA, one at at time.