Digest>Sep/Oct 2021

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Tony Pasek

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Shown above, with an oversized image of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse postage stamp at the unveiling ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland on August 7, 2021 are: (l-r) Capt. Howard Lewis and John Potvin of the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, and Henry Gonzalez, Vice President of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, Since 2005, Capt. Howard Lewis, whose great-grandfather was a keeper at Thomas Point Lighthouse, has been transporting all of the volunteers to and from the lighthouse. John Potvin, who has been with the group since 2014, is now the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Manager. The 1875 Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse is the only screwpile, cottage-type lighthouse remaining on its original site on the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Tony Pasek)
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New Lighthouse Postage Stamps Unveiled for National Lighthouse Day
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