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Lighthouse Digest editor Tim Harrison was the keynote speaker at the recent Avery Point Lighthouse Society fall dinner meeting and fund raiser in Groton, CT.
The well-attended dinner meeting at the Shennecossett Yacht Club in Groton, CT focused on the progress that the Avery Point Lighthouse Society has made in raising public awareness and funds for the historic structure.
The Avery Point Lighthouse Society, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, was formed in February 2000 with the goal of saving, restoring and relighting the lighthouse which is the only lighthouse built in America as a memorial to lighthouse keepers of yesteryear.
Jim Streeter of the APLS announced at the meeting that West Mystic Wood Boat Building Company of Mystic, CT has offered to rebuild the lantern room of the lighthouse as an “in-kind” donation. The old lantern room will soon be removed.
The group is also gathering signatures on a petition requesting that upon restoration the lighthouse be again lit as an active aid to navigation.
The group is currently selling personalized bricks for $50.00 each that will eventually become part of the permanent part of the commemorative landscaped walkway leading up to the lighthouse.
To learn more about the lighthouse, to make a donation, or buy a brick write, Avery Point Lighthouse Society, P.O. Box 1552, Groton, CT 06340. You can also email them at APLS1941@aol.com.
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