Preserving a Legacy

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for June 2, 2025 Preserving a Legacy, The United States Lighthouse Society: For the past 40 years, the United States Lighthouse Society (USLHS) has been in the forefront of efforts to preserve this essential part of maritime heritage. The USLHS has built a comprehensive research library, both in the physicalContinue reading “Preserving a Legacy”

The Thorington School Part 2

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for April 7, 2025 Back in early 2020, I wrote a blog about my frustration in seeing a Washington Township treasure, the 1840 Thorington primary school, sit at the side of the road, at Mound and 31 Mile and slowly deteriorate as time went on. Many people would comment onContinue reading “The Thorington School Part 2”

America’s Liner

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for March 3, 2025 Off she went…. On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the SS United States, the liner often called ‘America’s Liner’, was towed from her berth at Pier 80 in Philadelphia, where she had been waiting for 30 some years. I have followed this ship for many years, withContinue reading “America’s Liner”

The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for Monday, February 3, 2025. Twenty-five years later: The NHLPA or better known as the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act was passed in October of 2000. For the nation’s lighthouse heritage, this became an important step in the needed preservation of many of these historic treasurers. This law became anContinue reading “The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act”

The Southern Lights During The Civil War

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for Monday, January 6, 2025. This first bog of the New Year, is in the form of a ‘book report’. While doing research for these lighthouse books, I have had the pleasure of reading so many great books and stories, on how these lighthouses around the country were built, wereContinue reading “The Southern Lights During The Civil War”