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Hooper Strait Marks 50 Years at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Fifty years ago today, on May 20, 1967, the Hooper Strait Lighthouse opened to the public at its new home on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland. The preceding November, it had been removed in two pieces from its original screwpile foundation, lifted onto a barge, and towed up… Continue reading Hooper Strait Marks 50 Years at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum