August 14, 2008
Moonlight tours of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will be offered this Saturday ( 8/16/08 ). There will be two tours 8pm and 9pm. Guests will use flashlights to navigate the 257 step spiral staircase.
How to obtain tIckets:
Full Moon Tour tickets, limited to the first 60 purchasers, must be purchased in person, in advance, at the lighthouse ticket booth. Full Moon Tour tickets are on sale now. It is anticipated that tickets will sell out early. Standard admissions fees apply - $7 for adults, and $3.50 for children (12 and under) as well as seniors (62 and older). The lighthouse ticket booth, located at the lighthouse site, is open from 8:15 a.m. - 5:40 p.m. daily. Call the visitor’s center for more information at (252) 995-4474. Tickets are limited.
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August 6, 2008
On August 7, 1789, Congress approved an Act for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers.
In 1989, for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the signing of that Act
and in honor of the commissioning of the first Federal lighthouse,Congress passed a resolution designating
August 7
National Lighthouse Day.
For additional information on National Lighthouse Day
Visit the American Lighthouse Foundation
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July 31, 2008
Bald Head Island is celebrating
National Lighthouse Day August 1-3!
There’s something fun for everyone
all weekend long.
Learn how to be a pirate, Treasure Hunts,
Even Pirate invasions!
You don’t miss the extravaganza!
Click here for more information
or go to
www.oldbaldy.org
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July 22, 2008
North Carolinian’s and Lover’s of the Lighthouse’s of North Carolina!
Each year Jeld-Wen Door and Window company
restores the doors and windows in one lighthouse.
This year our very own Bodie Light House is on the list.
Please go to the website and vote.
It doesn’t take but a minute and will be something generations to come will enjoy.
Click Here to Vote!!
PASS THE WORD!
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April 17, 2008
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is opening for the season on Friday April 18th. It will be free to climb on the first day.
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April 9, 2008
The Morris Island Lighthouse in South Carolina is undergoing some renovations that should help protect it from further erosion. For quite some time, the Morris Island Lighthouse has been surrounded by water. Taylor Brothers Marine Construction is installing a wall around the lighthouse. Some pictures from the construction project can be found here.
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March 16, 2008
Harkers Island, N.C. — The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that “Open House” tours of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse have been suspended for public safety reasons. Superintendent Russel J. Wilson said that an engineer’s inspection conducted this month revealed significant deterioration to the integrity of the tower’s circular stairway.
 Click here to read more
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March 16, 2008
From hamptonroads.com:
“The Currituck Beach Lighthouse, the largest single attraction in Currituck County, opens for the season Monday.
Built in 1875, the 162-foot tall lighthouse attracts about 100,000 people annually and helps fuel the Currituck Outer Banks tourism industry.”
 Click here for the full article
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January 6, 2008
From hamptonroads.com:
Year after year, the Bodie Island Lighthouse has been in line to get funding for a complete restoration. Each time, it has been shoved aside.
Shut out once again in the federal budget that was signed by President Bush on Dec. 26, the 136-year-old tower is showing its age, with corroding metalwork, broken windows and inadequate electrical wiring.
"I don’t know what’s going to happen," said Bett Padgett, president of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, a nonprofit group that supports preservation of lighthouses. "Since it keeps continuously getting yanked out of the budget, I’m afraid that the National Park Service is going to have less and less money."
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October 13, 2007
We have created a MySpace page that will provide a new way to share information about Lighthouses in North Carolina and the Carolina Coast. If you have a MySpace page, please add us as a Friend.
Click here to visit our MySpace page.
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