Reader Comments on Lighthouse Life List from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:48:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-07/travel/lighthouse-life-list Just finished reading this article in the print version of Yankee - we are amazed (and disappointed) that Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was not listed. It's simply the best lighthouse - and grounds - imaginable. Just take a look at the Maine State Quarter! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:12:54 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-07/travel/lighthouse-life-list I consider it a great day-if I am not working, the sun is out & I find myself at a lighthouse near to sunset...Yesterday it was Nobska and recently Chatham. Pemaquid is a wonderful lighthouse-both from the water and land. New England has so many that you can see, and some that should be more accessible. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:58:31 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-07/travel/lighthouse-life-list Thank you , I really enjoyed your article. I have had the opportunity to photograph eighteen of the lights mentioned and hope to eventually shoot the rest. Another light worth mentioning is Scituate Light. The first keeper was Simeon Bates, who stayed at the station until his death in 1834. Bates and his wife, Rachel, had nine children, including two daughters, Rebecca and Abigail. These two sisters would become heroic figures in the history of American lighthouses. During the War of 1812, British warships frequently raided New England coastal towns. On June 11, 1814, British forces plundered and burned a number of vessels at Scituate. Keeper Bates fired two shots from a small cannon, angering the captain of a British warship as it departed. Less than three months later, Keeper Bates and most of his family were away, leaving 21-year-old Rebecca and 15-year-old (or, according to some accounts, 17-year-old) Abigail in charge. The sisters were horrified to see a British warship anchored in the harbor. They proceded to play a fife and drum while out of sight of the warship. The British thought the sound of the fife and drum signaled the approach of the Scituate town militia, and they hastily retreated. This is another of many interesting stories associated with New England lighthouses Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:54:11 +0100