Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... Six Chesapeake Area Keepers Honored

Digest>Jul/Aug 2019


*Photo Caption:*		Descendants of lighthouse keeper Isaac Foster at his gravesite at the Pear Tree Cemetery in Onemo, Virginia. In 1827 Isaac Foster, who was a veteran of the War of 1812, commissioned the first three-mast schooner built in America – the Ferrata. (Photo curtesy Greg Krawczyk) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2019
*Story:*		Six Chesapeake Area Keepers Honored Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2019

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