United States Lighthouse Society

09/04/2026

Check out the stories that accompany these photos in the USLHS Bulletin / Lighthouse News!

https://dev.lighthouse-society.org/news/uslhs-bulletin-lighthouse-news-25

09/02/2026

Check out this beautiful short documentary about the country's last official lighthouse keeper, Sally Snowman.

After the world's lighthouses have gone electric and the profession...

09/01/2026

Join us to find out how Shane Avenius, a senior materials engineering student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, has created hs own working Fresnel lenses.

09/01/2026

This is happening today (Tuesday, 9/1) at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. You will be amazed by the replica Fresnel lenses that Shane has created with a 3D printer.

Shane Avenius, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ups...

08/31/2026

Light Hearted Live! Shane Avenius and his amazing Fresnel lenses
Tuesday, September 1, at 2 p.m. eastern time

Shane Avenius, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, has long been interested in lighthouses and 3D printing. This summer he interned at Formlabs, one of the world's largest 3D printer manufacturers. After visiting Highland Lighthouse on Cape Cod and seeing a fourth-order lens in the museum there, he got the Idea of making a replica lens. He has now completed two working sixth-order lenses and several smaller ones. Join us and take part in the live chat!

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Shane Avenius, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ups...

08/30/2026

Light Hearted 351 – Midge Eliassen and the Lighthouses of Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

Lake Sunapee covers more than 4,000 acres in west-central New Hampshire, adjacent to Mount Sunapee State Park. The lake contains 11 islands and three lighthouses, which were built in the late 1800s during the steamboat era on the lake. Today, the three lighthouses are maintained by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, or LSPA.

Midge Eliassen is a past president of the LSPA. She’s been a photojournalist and she continues to capture the beauty of Lake Sunapee and its wildlife in her photography. Midge was the recipient of the 2018 John F. Morten Award for Exemplary Lake Stewardship.

Listen here:
https://uslhs.org/podcast/light-hearted-351-midge-eliassen-and-lighthouses-lake-sunapee-new-hampshire

08/28/2026

Check out the stories that accompany these photos in the USLHS Bulletin / Lighthouse News

https://dev.lighthouse-society.org/news/uslhs-bulletin-lighthouse-news-24

08/23/2026

Light Hearted Live #10 (audio edition) – Pharologist Anastasia Makarova

This episode features edited audio from our “Light Hearted Live” episode of August 19. Our guest, Anastasia Makarova, is from Russia and now lives in Slovenia. She is a lighthouse tour guide, club founder, writer, lecturer, and magazine editor – among other things! She’s also a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who has recorded four albums. One of Anastasia’s current projects is the development of an online museum devoted to Augustin Fresnel and his lenses that were used in lighthouses all over the world.

Listen here: https://uslhs.org/podcast/light-hearted-live-10-audio-edition-pharologist-anastasia-makarova

You can see the entire live stream video from August 19 on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1t6vNk6naQ

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08/21/2026

Check out the stories that accompany these photos in the USLHS Bulletin / Lighthouse News!

https://dev.lighthouse-society.org/news/uslhs-bulletin-lighthouse-news-23

08/20/2026

https://www.hulltimes.com/ht-online/2026/8/5/us-government-seeks-new-owner-for-historic-boston-light-off-hulls-coast

By John J. Galluzzo On Monday, August 3 – the day before Coast Guard Day and four days before National Lighthouse Day – the General Services Administration announced that the federal government is looking to divest itself of the country’s oldest lighthouse station off the coast of Hull. “The...