Coast Guard to participate in monument dedication ceremony to honor lighthouse keeper Kate Moore

Coast Guard to participate in monument dedication ceremony to honor lighthouse keeper Kate Moore
NEW HAVEN – The Coast Guard and Black Rock Community Council will be holding a monument dedication ceremony to honor 19th century lighthouse keeper Kate Moore, at 10 a.m. Saturday, in Black Rock, Connecticut. The community of Black Rock is formally recognizing Moore’s service with the dedication of the Kate Moore Memorial to honor her heroism as a lighthouse keeper. Moore was the legendary keeper...

Lighting Boston Harbor for 150 years

by Sally Snowman – Lighthouse keeper, Boston Light Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell One-hundred and fifty-years ago, at sunset on the winter solstice, Boston Light’s newly installed second order classical Fresnel lens was lit for the first time on the country’s first lighthouse.