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Historical Placard: Fishing Battery Lighthouse
The Fishing Battery Lighthouse indoor placard was presented on January 26, 2019. It is to be displayed in the Keeper’s House at Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Jessica LaPota, Executive Director at Concord Point Lighthouse accepting the Fishing Battery Lighthouse timeline placard from chapter member Greg Krawczyk on January 26, 2019.
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Historical Placard: Love Point Lighthouse
The Love Point Lighthouse indoor placard was presented on December 17, 2017. It is to be displayed at the Chesapeake Bay Heritage & Visitors Center, Kent Island, MD. Greg Krawczyk presenting placard to Ashley Chenault, Queen Annes County Tourism Development Coordinator. Photo was taken at the Chesapeake Heritage & Visitor Center, Kent Island, Maryland
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Historical Placard: Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse
The Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse indoor placard was presented on June 1, 2018. It is to be displayed inside the marina and main office at Sandy Point State Park, MD.
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Historical Placard: Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse
The Thomas Point Lighthouse indoor placard was presented on October 6, 2018. It is to be displayed at the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Annapolis Maritime Museum curator, Caitlin Swaim. Photograph by Karl Talbott.
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Historical Placard: Greenbury Point Lighthouse April 2019
The Greenbury Point Lighthouse indoor placard was presented on April 19, 2019. It is to be displayed in the Navy Marina Office in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Lighthouse Keeper recognition ceremony for Keeper Thomas on August 18, 2018
On August 18, 2018, family members of Barney Crockett Thomas gathered with two groups from the U. S. Coast Guard and members of the Chesapeake Chapter to honor another Chesapeake Bay lighthouse keeper. We were at the Thomas grave site in Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Onancock, Virginia on a warm and mostly sunny afternoon made …
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Six Lighthouse Keeper recognition ceremonies on April 7, 2018
On Saturday, April 7, 2018, the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society honored six lighthouse keepers in ceremonies at four cemeteries in Mathews’s County Virginia. A specially designed Lighthouse Keeper Grave Marker was installed at each grave site. Article in the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal Any questions, email programs@cheslights.org
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Lighthouse Keeper recognition ceremony for Keeper John O’Neill on August 4th, 2017
Grave Site Ceremony – Keeper John O’Neill – Angel Hill Cemetery UPDATE: 8/4/17 Ceremony program: 2pm—Commence Ceremony – Welcome by Master of Ceremonies: S. Greg Krawczyk, President, Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society – Introduction – Reading of events leading to the appointment of John O’Neill as the first keeper of Concord Point LH Lighthouse – …
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Lighthouse Keeper recognition ceremony for Keeper Thomas Steinhise on November 20th, 2016
UPDATE: On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery, on Ritchie Highway in Baltimore, MD 21225, the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society unveiled a special marker at the grave of Thomas Jefferson Steinhise, the last civilian keeper of …
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