Gary and Ginny take pride in the family heritage, and when they travel they enjoy visiting lighthouses. But they are just as ...

John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse ... 19th and 20th centuries who kept lighthouses in the United States. Most of them, however, would not have been official keepers.

They had to polish everything." Back in the 19th century, lighthouse keeper was one of the very few non-clerical government jobs open to women, Rasa said. And even then it was usually by default.

The historic Point Lookout Lighthouse, located at the southern tip of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary’s County, will ...

It is one of the few 19th-century lighthouses remaining on the ... You think of the Lighthouse keepers who lived here and the diligent service they did. This is a beacon of hope." ...

Erik Drost via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 In the early 19th century ... really appreciate the heroic role of the solitary lighthouse keeper,” says John Kelly of the GSA’s office ...