Remembering the Lighthouse Keeper
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The public is invited to join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses (FPHL) for a commemorative gathering marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Joshua Kenney Card, the longtime keeper (1874-1909) of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle. Join us June 25, 2011 4:00-5:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery in New Castle, NH. (Continued below)

 

At the time of Card's death in June 1911 at the age of 88, a local newspaper reported, “The captain's fidelity to duty cannot too highly be praised. Punctual to the minute, he literally stayed at his post year after year without a break. . . No man stood higher in the estimation of the Lighthouse Board, at Washington, than the keeper of Portsmouth Light.” When he retired as a lighthouse keeper at the age of 86, he was believed to be the oldest keeper in the United States.

The memorial gathering will include readings about Joshua Card's life, as well as a special performance of the song “Lighthouse Keeper” by Neptune's Car. The folk duo will be performing a concert later that evening at Captain and Patty's restaurant as part of a weekend-long celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses as a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation in June 2001. Admission to the memorial gathering is free.

 

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LIGHTHOUSE TOUR MAY 29 & JUNE 5

This year, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the organization's founding as a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation. The group will host the first open house of 2011 at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle, NH, on May 29, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

HAUNTED TOURS JUNE 18

Join author and radio personality Ron Kolek of the New England Ghost Project, along with author and lighthouse historian Jeremy D'Entremont, on Saturday, June 18, for a rare nighttime walking tour of Fort Constitution and Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse.

You'll hear about the paranormal investigations that have taken place at the fort and lighthouse, which have been featured on TV's "Ghost Hunters."  Ron will discuss investigation methods, and Jeremy will fill in the history behind the ghostly tales.

$20 per person. There will be three 90-minute tours during the evening: 7:00, 8:45, and 10:30 p.m. Each tour will be limited to 16 persons. Not recommended for children under 12. Advance tickets are required.

 

 

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