Mosquito/Ponce Inlet Lighthouse: A Sentinel for Sea and Air
Mon, Nov 27, 2023
It really wasn’t all that long after the Wright Brothers’ flights in Kitty Hawk air, that the 1887 Mosquito/Ponce Inlet Lighthouse was recognized as an important navigational landmark, not only for coastal water navigation, but also inevitable connec... Read More
Thanksgiving Gifts Celebrated at Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
Thu, Nov 16, 2023
Having the family visit the National Historic Landmark Ponce De Leon Lighthouse on Friday, Saturday or Sunday over the four-day Thanksgiving Holiday is becoming a local tradition for many. Like those others folks, why not inject into the weekend a l... Read More
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Indigenous People's Day
Mon, Nov 06, 2023
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Indigenous People's Day on November 18, 2023 will have demonstrations, crafts for kids, programs on the customs and language of the Timucua People, and the Seminole Indians Wars Read More
A Death in the Tower
Tue, Oct 24, 2023
The recorded career of Joseph B. Davis with the Light-House Establishment began as a second assistant keeper at the Hillsboro Lighthouse, possibly as early as 1912. Davis resigned from that position in 1914, but he was soon working again as a second... Read More
Ianthe Bond Hebel - 1884-1974 - A Ponce Park Teacher
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
Why did this soft-spoken girl who was extremely reserved, with few friends and who herself had not yet graduated from high school, venture to remote Ponce Park to take charge of twelve children as her first teaching assignment? This is certainly ins... Read More
The Troubles at Fastnet Lighthouse
Sun, Oct 01, 2023
We know there here have been unintended or accidental attacks on lighthouses across the world during wartimes. However, during the Irish War of Independence, also called the Anglo-Irish War of 1919-1921, a dozen Irish lighthouses were deliberately a... Read More
Bert Pacetti, Protector of Mosquito Inlet Wildlife
Thu, Sep 21, 2023
The protection of waterbird populations became a significant national conservation movement during the early 1900s. In 1903, Bert Pacetti, Ponce Park’s renowned fishing guide, was named the warden of the Mosquito Inlet Sanctuary by President Theodore... Read More
Hours of Operation Change – Fall-Spring
Wed, Aug 23, 2023
From the day after Labor Day until Memorial Day Weekend, the regular operating hours of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum are 10:00am until 6:00pm with the last admission sold at 5:00pm. Read More
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