Friends of Portsmouth
Harbor Lighthouse Host Over 300 Visitors at Open House on July 24, 2005
It's very gratifying to have such a great
turnout. We had plenty of local folks, as always, as well as people from
as far away as Spain, and from various states around the U.S. We had our
oldest person ever go all the way up into the lantern room -- a
93-year-old woman who got a
Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Visitors said tour was
"Worth the Wait!"
couple of well-deserved rounds of applause from other visitors. As always,
I'm grateful to our volunteers, who on this occasion were Sharon Mills, Ross
Tracy, Joanne Yeaton, Alyson De Leeuw, Nancy De Leeuw, William Marshall, and
Paul Conlin. Our visitors were incredibly patient; some waited as long as
two hours. Quite a few times during the day I heard the comment, "It was
definitely worth it!" For many of the people, it was their first visit
inside a lighthouse, and I hope they went away with a new appreciation for
the historical importance of lighthouses and their keepers. It was a long
day, but like our visitors, I feel it was definitely worth all the effort.
- Jeremy D'Entremont (FPHL President)
