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Hampton Helps History

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Hampton Inn volunteers Levy Morgan and Margaret ...

Volunteer employees of Hampton Inns got out paintbrushes and worked side by side with International Chimney employees in giving Georgia’s historic Tybee Island Lighthouse a fresh coat of paint.

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The program was part of the Hampton Save a Landmark program that raised money to help save a number of national historic landmarks.

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Hampton Inns presented the lighthouse with a check for $42,000, which helped pay for the expenses of giving the lighthouse a fresh look. The project took several weeks to complete using a specialty type paint that allows the stucco to expand but keeps the moisture from penetrating.

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Since the Save a Landmark program began five years ago, employees of Hampton Inns have work on projects across the United States such as the Monument of the States in Kissimmee, Florida, a one-room schoolhouse in Northville, Michigan and the World’s Largest Santa Claus in North Pole, Alaska.

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Photographs courtesy of Hampton Inns and International Chimney, except where noted.

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