Digest>Sep/Oct 2013
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Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine was the first lighthouse to be completed under the newly formed government of the United States of America. It was first lighted in 1791. It looks much different today than it did in this early historic image. (Lighthouse Digest archives.) Back to the edition of: Sep/Oct 2013
Story:
U.S. Senate Declares National Lighthouse Day
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