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America's last lighthouse keeper
By adamg on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 7:44pm
Reuters interviews Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light. She has Ted Kennedy to thank for her job - he got a bill passed 20 years ago that requires the Coast Guard to keep an actual lighthouse keeper on duty there.
Via MetaBoston.
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Tours
The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands run a great tour in conjunction with the National Park Service:
http://www.bostonislands.org/events_bostonlight.html
You can actually climb up into the light room and stand in front of the light. Very cool.
Should I be impressed?
She has a makework job thanks to a political connection. She shouldn't brag about it.