Public Outreach

Summer Camp 2017

amy.gress2017-07-05T16:36:48-04:00July 5th, 2017|

Did you know there are camps at the Lighthouse? We offer camps three times per year which follow the St. Johns County Schools’ calendar during summer, winter, and spring breaks. Our camps also reach out to underserved and at-risk populations through scholarships and donations from our generous supporters. Scholarships and donations allow students to attend our camps who have high academic achievement and potential but do not have the economic means to attend. This year [...]

SHA 2016 is a Success! – Storm Wreck Symposium Presented in the Nation’s Capital

amy.gress2016-01-13T08:00:09-05:00January 13th, 2016|

This letter, concerning the Storm Wreck vessel’s wrecking event, was written exactly 233 years before lighthouse archaeologists presented research on this wreck at the 49th annual SHA conference in Washington, D.C. On January 9, 1783, the commander of the British Royal Army in East Florida, Lieutenant Colonel Archibald McArthur, wrote a letter to the British Commander in Chief, Sir Guy Carleton, to inform him of the loss of the Rattlesnake, two victualing ships, [...]

Summer Camp 2017

SHA 2016 is a Success! – Storm Wreck Symposium Presented in the Nation’s Capital

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