CANCELED: Boston Light, with Lighthouse Keeper Sally Snowman
Please note that this event has been canceled. We hope to rescuedule it in the future, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Explore the history of Boston Light with Sally Snowman, the last official lighthouse keeper in the United States! Sally will share photos of Boston Light’s 307 years of history - and photo anecdotes of her experiences as a 21st Century Keeper.
Boston Light, the first established Light Station in colonial America, began lighting the way for safe navigation into the fledging maritime port of Boston in 1716. Its notoriety in the maritime community as the “the last manned Coast Guard Light Station” in the country is coming to a close with the retirement of Sally Snowman, its 70th keeper. However, the Fresnel lens and fog signal apparatus on Little Brewster Island, at the entrance to Boston Harbor, continues as an active Coast Guard maintained aid-to-navigation today.
Sally Snowman, Ph.D., Keeper of Boston Light 2003-2023, is an educator, author, and the USCG Boston Light historian. Husband, Jay Thomson and Sally have co-authored two books, Boston Light: A Historical Perspective (1999) and Boston Light - Arcadia Images of America (2016). Sally is also the author of the children's book Sammy the Boston Lighthouse Dog (2005).
This program is co-sponsored by the Newton Department of Senior Services.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Druker Auditorium
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Talks & Presentations
- Accessibility:
- The location of this event is wheelchair accessible. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons with disabilities requiring assistance. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Newton’s ADA/Sec.504 Coordinator, Jini Fairley, two weeks in advance of this event: jfairley@newtonma.gov or (617) 796-1253. For Telecommunications Relay Service, please dial 711.