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Keeper Norwood graveside ceremony

Llewellyn Norwood, Owls Head Lightkeeper, Honored with Memorial Stone and Bronze Marker

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 16, 2025

On the morning of September 10, 2025, local Owls Head residents, members of the Owls Head Cemetery Committee, American Lighthouse Foundation, Mussel Ridge Historical Society and the U.S. Coast Guard […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Owls Head Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthhouse foundation, bob trapani, keeper, lea carver, light station, Llewellyn Norwood, maine, mussel ridge historical society, owls head, Owls Head Cemetery Committee, united states coast guard

Keeper Adolf Aronson marker ceremony

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse’s Keeper Aronson Honored with Marker

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 19, 2025

The following story was written by Louise Paiva of the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse… The light morning rainfall did not dampen the spirit of the members of Friends of […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: adolf aronson, american lighthouse foundation, ceremony, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, keeper, marker, north kingston, pomham rocks, rhode island, United States Lighthouse Service

Gravesite of Keeper Thomas S. Fishburne

Keeper Honored and Lighthouse Tours Begin at Pomham Rocks

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 16, 2024

Lighthouse News Update by Judianne Point of the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse and 1st Vice-President of the American Lighthouse Foundation… On June 14, 20204, members of the Friends of […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: alex dias, american lighthouse foundation, ancient little neck cemetery, dave kelleher, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, howard mcvay, keeper, pomham rocks, thomas s fishburne, tours

Portsmouth Harbor Light by artist Debbie Mueller

Looking Back on 2021 – Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 30, 2021

By Jeremy D’Entremont, ALF President and FPHL Executive Committee Member It was a big year for our chapter of ALF, as we resumed tours at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and celebrated […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: 250th anniversary, american lighthouse foundation, artwork, connie small, debbie mueller, jeremy dentremont, jim pope, keeper, lighthouse, michelle shaw, new castle, new hampshire, portsmouth harbor, united states lighthouse society

Portsmouth Harbor Light and Fort Constitution

Elson Small Transferred to Site of First Revolutionary Victory

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: July 20, 2021

The following letter was penned by keeper Elson Small after being transferred from Maine’s island-bound St. Croix River Lighthouse along the international border between the United States and Canada to […]

Filed Under: Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: 1946, conie small, elson l small, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, keeper, light station, lighthouse, new castle, new hampshire, portsmouth harbor, st croix river

Two Lights at Cape Elizabeth

Storm Watching at Cape Elizabeth

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 28, 2020

The following excerpt is from a letter penned by Shirley Morong, which appeared in the March 1964 issue of the National Fisherman / Maine Coast Fisherman newspaper. Shirley Morong’s husband, […]

Filed Under: Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, Lighthouse History Tagged With: cape elizabeth, clifton morong, keeper, lighthouse, maine, seas, shirley morong, storms

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