>> Click to enlarge << The extended family of Seven Foot Knoll ... Photo by: Karl Talbott

Recently, the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society dedicated two new outdoor interpretive signs of lighthouses in their area.

>> Click to enlarge << Pictured at the dedication of the Sandy Point ... Photo by: Andy Gray

The first placard, dedicated on June 28, 2019 at Fort Smallwood County Park in Pasadena, Maryland, tells the story of Maryland’s Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse and the life-saving efforts of its lighthouse keeper Thomas Steinhise, whose story can be found in the November/December 2012 edition of Lighthouse Digest.

>> Click to enlarge << The 1883 Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse was sold at ... Photo by: Carol Wright

At the placard unveiling of the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, each attendee was presented with a 4” x 6” postcard with the lighthouse display artwork, exactly as shown on the placard, as a memento of the event to help ensure that the story of offshore lighthouses is not forgotten.

>> Click to enlarge << In 1988, the 1856 Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse ...

The second placard, dedicated on July 12, 2019 at the Sandy Point State Park, honors the 1883 Sandy Point Shoals Lighthouse that sits offshore in the Upper Chesapeake Bay, north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland.

In the past, the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society has also delivered indoor placards for the Love Point Lighthouse to the Chesapeake Bay Heritage and Visitors Center on Ken Island, Maryland; the Janes Island Lighthouse to the Tawes Museum in Crisfield, Maryland; the Fishing Battery Lighthouse to the Concord Point Lighthouse Museum in Havre de Grace, Maryland; and for the no longer standing Greenbury Point Lighthouse to the Greenbury Point Nature Center in Annapolis, Maryland.

By press time, the Chesapeake Chapter plans to deliver more historical placards to other locations in Maryland and Virginia.

This story appeared in the Sep/Oct 2019 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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