A photograph in an upstairs room shows him lowering the flag for the last time in 1974, when the lighthouse was decommissioned by the Coast Guard. "It was bittersweet," he recalled. Tardiff was 19 ...

The Coast Guard transferred ownership of the lighthouse to the city of Fernandina Beach in 2001. The Coast Guard, with the help of local Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers, is responsible for the ...

The Coast Guard Birthday and Coast Guard Day are not the same thing, and there is a good reason for the distinction. The ...

In 2001 the Coast Guard transferred its ownership of the lighthouse tower and grounds to the city of Fernandina Beach, though it retained ownership and responsibility for the function of the ...

Because the lighthouse is an active U.S. Coast Guard station, visitors are not allowed in the area unless on a tour led by the Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses. Tours are currently closed ...

Why was Boston Light the last manned lighthouse in the country? The effort to automate the light in 1989 drew objections from preservationists. According to the Coast Guard website on the history ...

Erected in 1848, it was operated by local Biloxians – including a handful of female lightkeepers – until 1939 when the U.S. Coast Guard adopted the post. Today, the lighthouse has survived the ...

They’re going to look a little different than they used to.” Reiche bought Halfway Rock, a former Coast Guard lighthouse, in 2016 and undertook a painstaking renovation. The lighthouse was ...