Lighthouse Patches

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Lighthouse Patches

Pete Jones of Niantic, CT was kind enough to send us the lighthouse patches of the Aids to Navigation School on Governors Island, NY and Coast Guard Group Duluth. Pete attended the ATON school in 1970 and the Duluth patch is also from that same time period. Pete recently sent with us a number of photographs and written memories of his days as a lightship sailor on the Portland Lightship.

Many thanks to Frank Millette for the 50-year patch from Coast Guard Station Scituate (MA). The patch is from a time when he was with the USCG. The patch features the famous Scituate Lighthouse.

Dave Singer of Allentown, PA sent in the Chincoteague Natural History Association patch. Virginia’s Assateague Island Light station is in the background.

The New Brunswick Lighthouse Society patch comes from us by way of Kelly Anne Loughery who encourages everyone to join their group. For more information write New Brunswick Lighthouse Society, 2 Brookside Lane, Long Reach, NB E5S 1W6 Canada or visit their web site at http://www.nblhs.tripod.com

Bob Carter, Chief of the Queen Anne’s County Fire Department, Station 9 in Stevensville, MD sent in the patch for the United Communities Volunteer Fire Department on Kent Island. The patch features the Bloody Point Lighthouse, an area that the fire department serves. Interestingly, Bob also served in the United States Coast Guard from 1958-1962 and served at many Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses including Bloody Point.

Send us your lighthouse patches and after we publish them in Lighthouse Digest they will be displayed at the American Lighthouse Foundation Museum of Lighthouse History next door to Lighthouse Depot in Wells, Maine. Send patches to: Editor, Lighthouse Digest, P.O. Box 1690, Wells, ME 04090.

This story appeared in the April 2002 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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