From the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society: A successful fundraiser for Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse was held on September 23, 2022. Almost 200 people boarded the Catherine Marie, a 95-foot Watermark vessel. The fundraiser was conceived in late spring 2022 to provide funding for additional preservation activities. Incredibly, the cruise was sold out… Continue reading Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Fundraiser
Port Washington, Wisconsin, is located on Lake Michigan’s western shore, just a few miles north of Milwaukee. Port Washington’s first lighthouse was established in 1849, with a tower and keeper’s house built of Cream City brick. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1860. This time, a short square tower was installed on the southern gable of… Continue reading Light Hearted 193 – Dawn St. George, Andrea Cole, Patrick Curtiss; Port Washington, WI
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, or ILLW, is an annual event held on the third full weekend of August each year. The event was the brainchild of John Forsyth and Mike Dalrymple who were members of the Ayr Amateur Radio Group in Scotland. The event started in 1998 and has developed into an international gathering… Continue reading Light Hearted Special Edition – International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW)
Valentia Island is on the southwest coast of Ireland, in the southwest part of County Kerry. The island’s lighthouse, built on the grounds of a 17th century fort at Cromwell Point, began service in February 1841. The stone tower stands 49 feet tall, and the adjacent keeper’s house is a concrete building constructed in 1910.… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 192 – Lucian Horvat, Valentia Island Lighthouse, Ireland
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, Massachusetts, focuses on Cape Cod’s rich maritime history, along with boat building, yachting, and nautical art. The museum strives to enable audiences of all ages to understand and enjoy maritime culture through exhibitions, public events, and educational programs. Exhibits focus on the cod fishing industry and whaling, the… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 191 – Emily Sullivan, Cape Cod Maritime Museum; Terri Knight & Bruce Woodward, Verona Beach NY
The town of Scituate, on Boston’s South Shore, developed a significant fishing industry by the late eighteenth century and local citizens petitioned the town’s selectmen for a lighthouse in 1807. A stone tower was built at Cedar Point, and Scituate Lighthouse went into service in April 1812. When the second lighthouse at Minot’s Ledge —… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 190 – David Ball, Bob Chessia, Bob Gallagher: Scituate, MA
Benn Trask has more than twenty years of teaching experience, mostly as a middle-school history teacher. He holds an undergraduate degree in education and a master’s degree in history, both from Virginia Tech. Following Virginia Tech, he served as a communications officer in the Marine Corps. In 1987, he returned to graduate school, earning a… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 189 – Benn Trask, lighthouses of southeastern Virginia
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society is partnering with the Norwalk Seaport Association to offer the first public tours of Greens Ledge Lighthouse on Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18. Tickets are available for $60 and depart from the Sheffield Island Lighthouse dock at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday and return at 1 p.m.… Continue reading First Public Tours of Greens Ledge Lighthouse, Connecticut
U.S. General Services Administration has announced the opening of the online auction sale of the Hooper Island Lighthouse in Maryland. The federal government is searching for a new steward to purchase the lighthouse, located about four miles west of Middle Hooper Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It is a caisson (“spark-plug”) lighthouse built in 1902.… Continue reading Auction for Hooper Island Lighthouse begins
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper is a new children’s picture book biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a lighthouse keeper in the 19th century at Fayerweather Island in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The book is written by Anna Crowley Redding and beautifully illustrated by Emily Sutton. As an investigative… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 188 – Anna Crowley Redding, “Courage Like Kate”
