Monday, June 17, 2019

Light Hearted - Ep. 5, Bob Trapani Jr., American Lighthouse Foundation

In episode five of Light Hearted, host Jeremy D'Entremont and co-host Cindy Johnson discuss the Hook Lighthouse in Ireland in the history segment. There's also the usual trivia question with prizes.


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Bob Trapani, Jr., with one of the interpretive displays in the keeper's house at Owls Head.

The featured interview is with Bob Trapani, Jr. Since 2005, Bob has served as the executive director of the American Lighthouse Foundation, a nonprofit organization with its headquarters in the historic keeper’s house of the Owls Head Lighthouse in Maine. Bob and Jeremy had the chance to sit down for a chat in the keeper’s house at Owls Head this past December, and the conversation ranged from the challenges of preservation to the technology of modern aids to navigation.

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Hook Lighthouse, Ireland. USLHS archives

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