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Last Trivia Answer
Unfortunately, no one sent in the correct answer to our last lighthouse trivia question, which was: What lighthouse person could have been President of the United States?
The answer is: William S. Rosecrans.
Rosecrans was one of several highly talented engineers employed by Admiral Shubrick's Lighthouse Board. Rosecrans was a West Point Graduate. During the Civil War he became a Union General and fought with such distinction that Abraham Lincoln offered him the nomination for Vice President on the 1864 Republican ticket. A lifelong Democrat, Rosecrans hesitated and by the time he telegraphed Lincoln of his acceptance, Lincoln, who had given Rosecrans a deadline, had offered the position to Andrew Johnson. Had Rosecrans answered immediately he would have become president after Lincoln's assassination in 1865. This story, along with Rosecran's photo and other unusual and little known facts of lighthouse history will be in the new book, The Golden Age of American Lighthouses, by Tim Harrison and Ray Jones. We are now accepting advance orders for the book, which is due out this June. It will be available from Lighthouse Depot as Item # www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=3186931869 for $19.95 plus shipping. As a special bonus, you can request to have Tim Harrison autograph or personalize the book for you when ordering it.
New Jersey Lighthouse Society Meeting
Speaking of our very own Tim Harrison, he will be the guest speaker at the New Jersey Lighthouse Society meeting this March 16th in Atlantic City, NJ. This would be a great opportunity to meet him, hear his interesting presentation and get his autographed books. The New Jersey Lighthouse Society event will be held at the Uptown School Complex at Melrose and Vermont Avenues in Atlantic City, just minutes from the casinos. Doors open at 9am - Autograph signing and photo contest at 10:30am - General Membership Meeting at 11am - Lunch at noon and at 1 pm will be Tim Harrison's presentation followed by tour of Absecon Lighthouse. Everyone is invited and if you are not a member this would be an ideal time to join the New Jersey Lighthouse Society. For more information call 609-652-1876 or email
Win $1000 towards a Windjammer Cruise!
Be one of the first 100 new or renewing subscribers to Lighthouse Digest magazine that we receive via our www.lhdepot.com/subscribe.cfmweb site and you will automatically be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a gift certificate for $1000 towards a cruise in the Caribbean with Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.
Lighthouse Digest Magazine is the only monthly publication in the world dedicated to lighthouses. In each exciting issue you will learn more about history than you can possibly imagine, with amazing stories of bravery, heroism, romance, hardship, and hauntings that will keep you wanting more. Plus you will find current news stories about today's efforts to save and restore numerous lighthouses, and interesting monthly columns on collecting lighthouse replicas and artifacts. Each issue also contains a calendar of events of lighthouse tours and events taking place around the United States, plus the Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses, the annual photo contest, and you'll be the first to learn of new lighthouse products, videos and books. A subscription makes a wonderful gift that keeps on giving month after month. By subscribing you will be helping to preserve a vital part of maritime history, plus you might win $1000 gift certificate toward a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise. Don't delay, enter today!
No purchase necessary. To enter without subscribing, send your name, address and phone number to In the subject line of your email type in the words Windjammer Cruise Contest. Some taxes and fees do apply. Employees and family members of employees of Lighthouse Digest and Lighthouse Depot are not eligible.
Spring Lighthouse Fund-Raiser June 15 is the American Lighthouse
Foundation's spring lighthouse fund-raiser and cruise in Narraganset Bay, RI to view 15 lighthouses with on board raffles and great buffet lunch. Evening dinner at White's of Westport in nearby Westport, MA and breakfast meeting the next morning. All three events for only $73.00. Lots of fun, raffles, great food, narrated cruise, evening dinner speaker, great time to meet old friends and meet new ones. You do not have to be a member to attend. Tickets are selling fast so make your reservations now by calling 207-646-0245 between 9am and 4pm EST. Monday through Friday.
Buy a Brick, Save a Lighthouse!
The Avery Point Lighthouse Society, as part of a major fund-raising effort, to save, restore and relight the Avery Point Lighthouse is still offering the public a chance to become a permanent part of the lighthouse with the purchase of a personalized brick for the restored station's walkway. This is a unique opportunity to have your name displayed or that of a loved one and help the only lighthouse built as a memorial to lighthouse keepers. Priced reasonably at $50.00, this would make an excellent Easter gift and help light up history. For an application go averypointbrick.tripod.comhere.
ALF tapestry throw
 One of the most beautiful tapestry throws ever produced is available from the American Lighthouse Foundation. It features Maine's Little River Light when it was relit on Oct 2, 2001 after being dark for 26 years. The light was relit in memory of the keepers of yesteryear and in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on America on Sept. 11th. The relighting ceremony was a statement to the world that the American way of life will never be darkened and that freedom will shine forever. Your purchase of the throw goes toward the restoration of the keeper's house being done by the non-profit group. To order this wonderful throw www.lighthousefoundation.orgclick here and then go to the gift shop to place your order.
New Trivia Question!
Answer this lighthouse trivia question and you could win a lighthouse collectible. As a young sailor, this man, who later became a lighthouse keeper, accompanied Commodore Matthew Perry on his 1853 expedition to Japan and became one of the first westerners to spend the night on Japanese soil. Who was he?
If you think you know the answer, send an e-mail to . We will pick one winner from the winning entries to win a replica of the lighthouse that this person was a keeper at. The answer is in the new book, The Golden Age of American Lighthouses, due for release this June, but we'll give you the answer before the book comes out. Good luck. Winner will be announced by April 1st.
TV special
The new date for the History Channel Special, Save Our History-Lighthouses, is April 18 at 8 pm EST. This will be one program you will not want to miss. Mark your calendars now for this historic television program.
Harbour Lights News
The following Harbour Lights replicas are retired and availability is limited, so if you don't have one yet, now is the time to order before they are sold out - Longships Light www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42193# 42193; La Coruna www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42235# 42235; Yaquina www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42204# 42204; Cape Henlopen www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42252# 42252; Sister Island www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42257# 42257 and Brant Point www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42162# 42162.
Important dates for Harbour Lights autograph signings at Lighthouse Depot in Wells, Maine - May 25 with Tom Farrell; July 27 with Nancy Younger and Sept. 28 with Bill Younger. The Special Event piece is the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse in Hannibal, Missouri www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42654# 42654 for $67.95. Place your order now for an autographed replica of this piece that is only available for sale at a Special Event. You may want to consider having us hold the replica, after you order it as well as any other Harbour Lights pieces you order and have them signed by all of them. If so call us at 1-800-758-1444.
For St. Patrick's Day we only have ten replicas left of Harbour Lights Hook Head Lighthouse in Ireland www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=42198# 42257 for $67.95. These will be sold on a first order basis. Also to celebrate St. Patrick's Day we invite you to purchase the book, Irish Lighthouses by Sharma Krauskopf www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=91230# 91230 for $19.95 or the book, An Eagle's View of Irish Lighthouses www.lhdepot.com/order.cfm?orderitem=91578# 91578 for $17.95. 
Be sure to visit the Lighthouse Depot Clearance Central for great savings on lighthouse items. Lighthouse gifts make great Easter presents and can be ordered now in time for Easter delivery.
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