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"united states lighthouse society" Discussed on Light Hearted
"You are listening to lighthearted the official podcast of the united states lighthouse. Society my name. Is jeremy dontrelle mon. Welcome my co host. Today is michelle. Jewel shah teacher mom. Photographer and chairperson of friends of portsmouth. Harbor lighthouses. I'm michelle. Hi jeremy and hello to oliver listeners. Out there today is november seventh twenty twenty one and this is episode. One forty six of lighthearted in a few minutes will listen to a conversation with nat lion director and curator of the marshall. Point lighthouse and museum in maine. Shell have you ever been to marshall point. I have been to marshall point many many times. I've been there for sunrise sunset middle of the day middle of the night. It's it's a beautiful is to be doing there in the middle of the night. It's a pretty light you wouldn't think yet but it's a pretty bright late at night so it can be tough to get star voters there at night okay. You know a couple of hours before sunrise to get sunrise pictures and yeah it's a. It's a beautiful spot it is it is. I was thinking of it as peaceful. I've been there at sunset. I've been there in the snow after a snowstorm which was beautiful so be talking about that in a few minutes but first has anything happened on this date and lighthouse history michelle. Yes something. Very important happened on november. Seventh seventeen sixty one new london harbor late in connecticut. The fourth lighthouse in the american colonies was lighted for the first time. The sixty four foot tall stone tower was paid for by money raised by selling lottery tickets. It was replaced.
Light Hearted
"united states lighthouse society" Discussed on Light Hearted
"Lighthearted the official podcast of the united states lighthouse society. My name is jeremy. Dontrelle welcome my co host today. Is sarah mchugh lighthouse. Volunteer and friend the instagram star koda. The lighthouse dog. Hi sarah. Hi jeremy and actually quoted right here with me and he says hello as well okay. We'll have to give koto speaking part next time. That'd be great. Does he speak on command No we could have somebody show up to the door and knock though and we'd probably get a rise out of them okay. We'll have to work on that for next time. Today is october thirty first. Twenty twenty one and this is episode. One forty five of lighthearted happy halloween. Sarah happy halloween any plans. Maybe some trick or treating No i actually worked part time at a brewery.
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"united states lighthouse society" Discussed on Light Hearted
"You're listening to lighthearted. The official podcast of the united states lighthouse society. My name's jeremy document. Welcome my co host for the seventy second. Time is cindy johnson leadership committee member of friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses. Hi cindy hello. today is tober. Twenty four th twenty twenty one and this is episode..
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"united states lighthouse society" Discussed on Light Hearted
"A high school student and palo alto california. Who's starting a new california chapter of the. Us lighthouse society the society director. Jeff gaels will be joining me for that interview. And then we'll be talking with my friend. J dennis robinson who is the historian for the new hampshire seacoast region will be talking about his new book. That just came out which is a mystery novel with lots of history extent. High should mention that. It's a coincidence that both of our guests today have the name robinson. They are not at least as far as i know. They're not related to each other. We're well into september now. So how's your summer bench alana. Any lighthouse visits. Somebody's been going great. No white house visits yet. But i'm hoping to get one or two in this month. Perhaps for my birthday just trying to figure out how to get back out there and visit some lighthouses safely. I'm figuring out which ones. I wanna visit so excited you know. I'm really anxious to get back out there. So hopefully i'll be able to do that. You know sometime this month and next month perhaps yeah well you know. I went Well over a year without visiting any lighthouses but I've had some really interesting lighthouse. Visits lately have gone to straits with island and massachusetts tarpaulin cove. Light on sean island Also massachusetts off cape cod. That was a really interesting place. You've got cows or heard of cows next to the lighthouse and Was a hot day when we were there in. The cows are going for dip in the ocean. So that was that was kinda cool I went to palm rocks. Lighthouse in rhode island this past weekend for the return of their historic cornell lens. And i'll be putting video together of that day. Visit there so that was a a really fun visit as i mentioned. This is september nineteenth. Has anything interesting happens on the state and lighthouse. History shallan two days from now september. Twenty first is the anniversary of one of the worst hurricanes in the history of the east coast of the united states the hurricane of nineteen thirty eight. it's also known. As the new england hurricane because the worst effects of the storm in the northeast the hurricane did more than three hundred and eight million dollars in damage which would have been more than five billion today. More than six hundred people died in this storm including seven at lighthouses. Along the south coast of new england Owes a really terrible storm. Ed whale rock at the entrance to the west passage of narragansett bay in rhode island a cast. Iron lighthouse was knocked right off. Its base the forty year. Old assistant keeper. Walter elderly who was alone at the lighthouse from the hurricane struck Was never seen again today. You can still see. The remains of the base of the lighthouse. Go to beaver tail lighthouse and Jamestown rhode island. You can see that Old basin the distance. Also there's a memorial plaque for walter. Elderly at that museum all fell on september nineteenth nineteen sixty seven. The american baseball player. Jim abbott was born in michigan. He had a ten year career as a major league pitcher even though he was born with no right hand he wants said quote. Never allowed the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People allow you to do it. But i believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities. We have unquote. So let's get to our first guest. Andy robinson andy is a junior at palo. Alto high school in california. And he's a co chair for the teen. Advisory council of the palo alto history museum for. He helped create an historical time. Capsule of the city anti has also been a volunteer for the us lighthouse societies passportprogram helping to update information or stamp locations and events he's written histories for series of collectible passport stance to commemorate loss lighthouses. In andy is also a writer and editor of verde. A student magazine for paolo alto highschool andy is now in the process of starting california chapter of the us lighthouse society which will be called the california lighthouse society. He's an impressive young guy. And i also wanna mention jeff gaels the executive director of the us lighthouse. Society joined me The conversation. I had with andy robinson recorded very recently. So let's listen to that now. I'm speaking today with andy. Robinson and andy lives in palo alto california. Andy is in the process of starting a new california chapter of the united states lighthouse society. Hi andy high. It's going to be here. I'm really excited. Well thank you so much. Thanks for joining me today and also with us today. Taking part in this conversation is my good friend. Jeff gaels was the executive director of the us lighthouse society. Hi jeff i guys. How're you doing. Good good thanks for being here. Also jeff so andy. First of all some basic information out of the way Till our listeners. Your age i'm sixteen. I'm a rising junior at palo. Alto high school okay This is september. So you're just starting your your junior year sat right. Yeah right okay. How did you get interested in lighthouses. So when i was about four or five. I'm not sure the exact age. It's been while but i got excited about like seeing lighthouses on the television and my dad got me a book. A picture book of lighthouses and overtime. That became my favorite book. I think i still haven't agreed it's called. It's called american lighthouses. And my parents had always been very interested in history and architecture geography. And i think that kind of bolster my interest in lighthouses and i remember asking my parents if we could go visit. Actually the point pinos lighthouse in pacific grove california. So that's about two hours away from where we live. I was about six years old. And i'll never forget like as we drove closer and closer. I remember my heart was being faster and faster in anticipation and remember my dad lifting me up by my shoulder so i could get a closer look at the lighthouses and like exclaiming that that was the lighthouse and i was just over the moon and really ecstatic about it so i i was just super excited and that was also where i got my first lighthouse passport which is now pretty tattered. But i've had it ever since whether greet memory to have and will you mentioned point peanuts any other particular lighthouse visits the standout for you. Obviously i live in the bay area. So i live very close to pigeon point and i visited that house numerous times but as far as really memorable specific stories. There's a couple that spring to mind. I remember With my dad. I got the chance to visit this. Lighthouse called punta gorda lighthouse in northern california on the lost coast. And it's a very remote setting. It's an area where essentially like the coastal highway highway one very famous was rerouted in lens to there's no coastal highway in. It's even today. it's incredibly remote. It's an incredibly remote region. And so i remember we got up incredibly early at like four forty five. Am or something because the tides you have to walk like a couple of miles and you have to make sure that you're not gonna get washed out so you have to leave very particular time and the route is incredibly beautiful and not only the coastal road but the actual hike itself is very beautiful. But it's actually quite strained whispers like a lot of sand dunes than But that was a really memorable experience and How long hike was i believe. It was about tuna half miles each way but it was very strenuous. 'cause you have these like massive sand dunes and that kind of makes it difficult to wouldn't you find when you got there.