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Join us as Angela Reich from the Fire Island Lighthouse conducts a
presentation at the Maple Lane Campus on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
titled: “Storms, Shipwrecks, Lifesavers & Lightkeepers: The History of the
Fire Island Lighthouse.”
Angela Reich is a Fire Island Lighthouse docent and author of Shipwreck
of Hopes—a novel inspired by the 1850 wreck of the ship Elizabeth. This
historical event played a pivotal role in shaping the early Life Saving
Service, led by local residents who patrolled our shores and safeguarded
maritime traffic along the nation’s busiest shipping lanes near New York
Harbor.
Presented by Southold
Historical Museum, the docents at the Nautical Museum at Horton Point
Lighthouse, and Fire Island Lighthouse. A book sale will follow the
presentation, $20 cash only, with 20% of the proceeds generously donated to
Southold Historical Museum
