Digest>Jul/Aug 2019
Photo Caption:
Descendants of lighthouse keeper Wesley Foster Ripley at his gravesite at the Ripley Family Cemetery in Bavon, Virginia. Before joining the Lighthouse Service in 1881 he served in Confederate Army during the Civil War and then as a merchant seaman who sailed around Cape Horn. (Photo courtesy Greg Krawczyk) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2019
Story:
Six Chesapeake Area Keepers Honored
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