USCG, MOT & ALF Announce Maine’s Second Annual Open Lighthouse Day
Augusta, Maine
– Maine’s second annual Open Lighthouse Day will take place on September
18, 2010, when the Coast Guard, in partnership with the Maine Office of
Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation, will open approximately
25 lighthouses for the public to visit and tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open Lighthouse
Day is the largest event of its kind to take place across the country. Since
1791 with the opening of Portland Head Light, lighthouses have greatly
contributed to Maine’s proud history and have helped make its picturesque
coastline legendary.
While all Maine
lighthouses cannot be opened to the public for safety and accessibility
reasons, those that are opened will provide Maine and its coastal
communities the chance to showcase the long lasting and proud partnerships
that they have shared with the Coast Guard for over 200 years. The Coast
Guard has owned and operated Maine’s lighthouses for many years until
recently when many of them were transferred to organizations such as the
American Lighthouse Foundation and other private owners who take great pride
in preserving some of Maine’s most iconic structures.
The public is
invited to take part in this unique opportunity to experience a piece of
Maine’s maritime history.
Additional
information on all of Maine’s lighthouses, and a detailed list of the
lighthouses that will be open on September 18, can be found at
