![]() ![]() ![]() It’s unsurprising, she said, since Boston Light’s first two keepers drowned and many more perished in nearby shipwrecks over the years. Snowman, a spiritual person who drums, chants and meditates on the island, said she often senses spirits and other ghostlike presences. Snowman and Thomson married on the island in 1994 and have written three books about the lighthouse. The Weymouth resident, who holds two doctorate degrees and taught at Curry College in Milton, started volunteering there more than 20 years ago and became a paid civilian employee in 2004. Snowman and her husband, James Thomson, a volunteer assistant keeper, live on Little Brewster Island from April to October with a rotating cast of volunteers, some of whom also spend nights on the island, about 9 miles from downtown Boston.īoston Light has been a central part of Snowman’s life. ![]() Just airdrop my food, and I can stay here forever.” “I’m an introvert by nature, and I’ve always been able to entertain myself,” she said. Snowman, in the Colonial dress and bonnet she wears on lighthouse tours, said she loves the solitude her job affords. The Coast Guard has phased out resident keepers at all light stations save for Boston Light because Congress in 1989 mandated the Guard staff keep the light public in perpetuity. Snowman, a 65-year-old former college instructor, has been lightkeeper for 13 years and is the light’s first female keeper. “It was a major aid to navigation in 1716, and that’s exactly what it’s doing today.” “How many things established 300 years ago are still functioning as they were intended to be?” Snowman said recently. The lighthouse’s beam, visible for 27 miles, will be powered down and then ceremonially relighted at sunset. Coast Guard’s last resident lightkeeper, Sally Snowman, is helping with celebrations.Įvents are planned for downtown Boston’s waterfront and other parts of the state. The nation’s first and oldest lighthouse station and its unique keeper are celebrating a milestone.īoston Light turns 300 on Sept. Coast Guard's last manned station will celebrate the 300th anniversary of its first lighting on September 14th. ![]() 25, 2016 photo, Boston Light, America's oldest lighthouse, flashes in Boston Harbor as seen from Hull, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ap photographs - Elise Amendola Coast Guard's last manned station will celebrate the 300th anniversary on Sept. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, waves to a cruise boat from Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, looks out from the lantern room while standing next to the Fresnel lens, on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, gives a tour of the gear room inside the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, unties a dock line at Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, steps from the keeper's house on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. Coast Guard's last manned station will celebrate the 300th anniversary of its first lighting on Sept. 17, 2016 photo, Sally Snowman, the keeper of Boston Light, wears Revolutionary-era clothing as she speaks about its history on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 17, 2016 photo, Boston Light, America's oldest lighthouse, sits on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. ![]()
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