A NOBLE SERVICE.
UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSES. Heroism and steadfastness to duty are symbolised in the names of men and women who have manned the lighthouses of the United States since the'- first one was erected in Boston Harbour some 250 years ago. Fromithe days when whale oil fed the flame that guided mariners around the shoals and ledges of coastal waters to the present time when lights of more than a million candlepower flash out from rockbound coasts, the record of the service shines with instances of courage and devotion.
Recently there was marked the 150tli anniversary of the founding of the United States Lighthouse Service, established by an act of Congress and signed by President Washington on August 7, 1789. There were then but a dozen lights, built by the colonies, as compared with approrimately 29,000 aids to navigation now flashing warnings to the men who go down to the sea.
Not only in cargoes and ships saved and lives preserved should the value of the Lighthouse Service be measured. As a symbol of man’s inherent desire to aid his brother, the lighthouse stands a glowing reminder that man is m fact his brother’s keeper.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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196A NOBLE SERVICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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