Pomham Rocks Relighting Photo Gallery...

Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.       

Keith Lescarbeau of Abcore Restoration Company presents a program highlighting Phase I of the restoration of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.           

(L to R) Keith Lescarbeau, David Kelleher and

 Don Doucette presented an educational program prior to the relighting ceremony festivities

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani       

A United States Coast Guard Color Guard,

along with a Boy Scouts Honor Guard, prepare

 to march in carrying the American flag and

 U.S. Coast Guard flag

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani            

(L to R) Judi Kearney and Carlene Joiner

 lead the audience in singing

 "Legend of a Lighthouse"

Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.    

Keith Lescarbeau of Abcore Restoration Company shows a piece of rotted timber removed from the lighthouse during the restoration process

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani   

FPRL chairman Donald

Doucette presented the

opening remarks during the relighting ceremony

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani     

ALF president Timothy Harrison served as the event's Master of Ceremonies and talked about

ALF's mission of lighthouse preservation

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani         

Governor Donald Carcieri enjoys the moment

 after donning a Friends of Pomham Rocks hat

Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.          

U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani                       

Rhode Island Lt. Governor

Charles Fogarty reads a

 proclamation from his office

 during the ceremony

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani                         

Chief Herman Hause of Coast

Guard Aids to Navigation Team

 Bristol, RI, touches on the historical

significance of lighthouses

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani      

ALF executive director Bob Trapani, Jr. conveyed the importance of staying the course with Pomham's restoration

Photo by  Ann-Marie Trapani     

FPRL board member

Nathan Chace conveys his appreciation to the donors

 who helped make Phase I

 of the restoration a reality

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani      

Dennis Houston, executive

 vice-president of ExxonMobil

 Refining and Supply Company, talks about his corporation's belief in

community involvement

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani         

(L to R) ALF president Timothy Harrison,

 FPRL board member Nathan Chace and

 RI Governor Donald Carcieri

Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.         

FPRL vice-presidents Lee Esckilsen and Laura McNamara were instrumental in helping create

the historic relighting event ceremony

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani          

(L to R) FPRL vice-president Laura McNamara

 and Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri

Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani          

(L to R) ALF executive director Bob

Trapani and U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee