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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

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Pomham’s Lighthouse Traveling Library Box Makes its Debut

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 15, 2025

Libraries weren’t always housed in stalwart buildings, nor did they always contain thousands of books. In time for National Library Week, April 6 to 12, the Friends of Pomham Rocks […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: alex dias, american lighthouse foundation, cheryl muth, friends of east providence public libary, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, library box, rhode island, Senator robert britto, state senate, United States Lighthouse Service, uslhs

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National Lighthouse Day Proclamation – 1989

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 7, 2020

A look back at the Presidential Proclamation commemorating National Lighthouse Day on August 7, 1989… Proclamation 5993 – National Lighthouse Day, 1989, by President George H. W. Bush on June […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouse History Tagged With: national lighthouse day, President George H W Bush, proclamation, U.S. Coast Guard, United States Lighthouse Service

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