There is no finer way to celebrate National Lighthouse Day than by climbing a lighthouse and basking in the beauty and history that abounds at the venerable guardians of the sea. The public is invited to do just that at Owls Head Lighthouse on August 7th from 10 am to 4 pm. American Lighthouse Foundation […]
We Remember – Heroic Rescue by Lighthouse Keeper on August 7, 1881
The date of August 7th is special throughout the annals of our nation’s lighthouse history. It was on this day in 1789, that Congress approved an Act for the establishment and support of lighthouse, beacons, buoys and public piers. In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Act and the commissioning of […]
