End Of One Era While Another One Keeps America’s Brilliant Beacons Shining. - a podcast by Kirk Monroe

Learn why May 15, 1939 is significant legislation wise, but how July 1, 1939 appeared to be exact opposite. Learn how Lighthouse Keepers responded in aftermath of December 7, 1941. Learn when last new lighthouse got built by US Coast Guard. Discover how many lighthouses still had at least 1 Keeper in Post World War II Era, but how number gradually dwindled by Mid 1960’s. Discover how 1960’s saw greater emergence of Non Profit Organizations whose focus concentrated upon saving America’s Lighthouse’s including what had been done in states like Maryland, Rhode Island, & Maine. Learn about the legislation passed by Congress in 2000. Appreciate how & why America’s Brilliant Beacons have played such a vital role over last 300 Years.

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