This is part two of a two-part interview with Henry Gonzalez, who became the president of the U.S. Lighthouse Society this past spring after 25 years in a vice presidential role.
Henry has lighthouses in his blood. He’s the great-great-grandson of a lighthouse keeper who served on the north coast of Spain from 1863 to 1904, and he has a third cousin who is currently a lighthouse keeper in Spain. Henry and his wife, Chris, have seen hundreds of lighthouses throughout the United States and Spain, Portugal, France, and Norway. They have three children and six grandchildren, several of whom are being trained to be future lighthouse keepers.
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U.S. Lighthouse Society Historian Jeremy D’Entremont is the author of 24 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. He is a past president of 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’s weekly podcast, “Light Hearted.” He can be emailed at Jeremy@uslhs.org