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- Sunset Lighthouse Cruise - Jun 22, 2012 - 7PM
- Haunted Lighthouse & Fort Tour - June 30, 2012 - 7PM, 8:45PM, and 10:00PM
- Haunted Lighthouse & Fort Tour - July 14, 2012 - 7PM, 8:45PM, and 10:00PM
- Haunted Lighthouse & Fort Tour - August 25, 2012 - 7PM, 8:45PM, and 10:00PM
- Five Lighthouse Cruise - Sep 15th, 2012 - 8:30AM
- Open Houses - Sundays 1-5PM from May 28 - Oct 7
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- May 27, 2012
- June 3, 2012
- June 10, 2012
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Another spring, a few more coats of paint!
Volunteers and staff of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses and the American Lighthouse Foundation spent most of Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6, scraping and painting in the interior of Portsmouth…
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Another spring, a few more coats of paint!
Volunteers and staff of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses and the American Lighthouse Foundation spent most of Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6, scraping and painting in the interior of Portsmouth…
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E. J. Warren and Deane Rykerson honored at American Lighthouse Foundation Gala
(Above: At the American Lighthouse Foundation Annual Lighthouse Gala, L to R: ALF Associate Director Ann-Marie Trapani; David Kelleher, chair of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse; Brad Coupe, chair of…
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1903 oil house in need of some TLC
During the early days of lighthouses in the United States, oil used to fuel the light (whale oil, lard oil, and various other oils) was often stored inside the lighthouse….
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Spring lens cleaning at Portsmouth Harbor Light
Volunteers Bob Hancock (below left) and Peter Mason (below right), along with operations manager Jeremy D’Entremont, cleaned the fourth-order Fresnel lens in Portsmouth Harbor Light on Wednesday, April 18, using…
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ALF Volunteer Gala Online Auction starting April 6th!
In conjunction with the American Lighthouse Foundation Volunteer Gala event in Eastham, MA on April 28th, the organization is running an online auction to reach out to those who cannot…
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New CD from accordionist Gary Sredzienski, recorded at PHL!
Accordionist Gary Sredzienski has recorded a new CD for release at the end of the month. 27 tunes were recorded in the watchroom of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, you can order…
Welcome to the Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses website! We were founded in 2001 as a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and we are the stewards of two historic lighthouses near the mouth of the Piscataqua River: Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle, New Hampshire. We invite you to join us in our mission to preserve these historic treasures.
A chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation