Kate Walker here, keeping the light on Robbins Reef on the edge of New York Harbor. Have you crossed a bridge or ridden on a highway for which you paid a toll? That money collected helped pay the cost of building that bridge or highway. Tolls paid by ship owners helped build the first lighthouse… Continue reading KATE’S CORNER #5
The U.S. Lighthouse Society encourages its members to support the lighthouses in their community. If you aren’t committed to a specific lighthouse, please consider supporting the Society’s Preservation Grants Program. In 2016 a total of $35,000 in grants was awarded through this program, drawing on the interest from a still-growing investment fund that the U.S. Lighthouse… Continue reading Supporting Lighthouse Preservation
