National Lighthouse Day

National Lighthouse Day is an annual event that is observed annually on August 7th in the United States. The beacon of light that has for hundreds of years represented safety and protection for ships and boats at sea for hundreds of years. The beacon of light could be found on nearly all of America's shorelines at one time.

A lighthouse is described as a tower, building, or some other form of building that is intended to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and be used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots on sea or inland waterways.

A lighthouse can be used for a variety of functions, including identifying volatile coastlines, explosive shoals, and reefs that provide safe access to harbors. They also provide aerial assistance. They're now brilliantly lit by electric or oil-fueled lamps, having been ignited by open fire and candles. However, the number of lighthouses is decreasing. Maintenance is costly, and modern electrical navigation services are replacing them.

Lighthouse facts

• Their style will change based on the location and purpose, but they do have common elements
• The lantern room is a glassed-in housing at the top of a lighthouse tower
• The Watch Room, or Service Room, is the lantern room in the lantern room, and it is located in Beneath's room
• An open gallery is located next to the Watch room
• The Trinity House in the United Kingdom built its first in 1609 in the 17th century, with Britain's Trinity House constructing its first in 1609
• The first lighthouse in North America, St. Augustine, Florida, was built in the first lighthouse. It had been printed on a 1791 map and had been designed by Menendez after his landing in 1586
• On little Brewster Island next in 1716, Boston Light built on little Brewster Island
• The Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey, New Jersey, is the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States. This lighthouse, which was built in 1764, is now operational
• The United States had the nation's most lighthouses at the end of the nineteenth century
• In 1789, the US Bureau of Lighthouses was established in the 9th Act of the first Congress, which placed lighthouses under federal jurisdiction
• The United States Coast Guard took over on July 7, 1939. 1939, the United States Coast Guard took over
• Hobbyists and photographers love visiting and photographing lighthouses. Ceramic replicas are also available at the museum

How to observe national lighthouse day? How to celebrate national lighthouse day?

Nearby you, there are tour lighthouses. Take a road trip. Take a road trip. With lighthouses on every coast and the great lakes, one or two is definitely worth the trip. You can learn more about lighthouses as you celebrate.

• By Sylke Jackson, lighthouses of North America: Beacons from coast to coast
• Watch a lighthouse documentary on lighthouses. A Day in the Life of a Lighthouse Keeper a view from National Geographic. Or perhaps, Behind the Lighthouse Keepers may be of concern to you
• Describe your experience visiting lighthouses, from visits to lighthouse museums around the country

Share your photos of lighthouses and use #NationalLighthouseDay to post on social media...

The first national lighthouse day in the United States' history has a history

The US Congress approved an act on August 7, 1789, authorizing the "establishment and protection of Lighthouse, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers." It was two hundred years ago that Congress designated August 7 as National Lighthouse Day in August.

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