Chesapeake Chapter USLHS Fundraiser:
Donate to the fundraiser to help preserve the lighthouse. Click the button below to make your donation via PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account to donate; you can also use a credit card. Thank you for your support!
Ice at the Lighthouse!:
We took our first trip of the year out to the lighthouse on February 20th to see how she was faring with this harsh and snowy winter. We were delighted to find a little bit of ice and snow remaining on the rip-rap boulders...
White House Designates U.S. Lighthouse Society a “Preserve America Steward”:
On January 12, 2009, First Lady Laura Bush, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chairman John L Nau, III announced that the United States Lighthouse Society was...
Wedding Bells At Lighthouse:
On July 4 th, Sally Ward and Phillip Walker, both of Annapolis, exchanged their wedding vows at the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse...
Amazing Lighthouse Replica:
Gary Gillette, a model-making hobbyist who specializes in replicas of historic buildings, spent over 300 hours making an amazingly authentic 1/48 th scale model of Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse...
Legacy of the Light DVD Sale
This 12-minute documentary was produced for the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse partnership by Encompass Multimedia, Inc., of Annapolis through the support of the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network. Using recent on-site footage and historical photographs and drawings as well as 3-D animations, the documentary introduces the viewer to the history of the lighthouse, why it is a screwpile lighthouse, what it was like to be a lighthouse keeper, and your important role in helping us to preserve this National Historic Landmark and Chesapeake Bay icon! Listen to the words written by some of the keepers as they survived storms and dealt with the isolation of living at an offshore lighthouse. It includes appearances by Bob Trapani, Executive Director of the American Lighthouse Foundation, lighthouse historian Candace Clifford, and Henry Gonzalez, the Vice President of the U.S. Lighthouse Society and the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Manager. The background music for the documentary includes “The Thomas Point Suite”, a three-movement piece composed for woodwind quintet that will make you feel that you are actually out there!
It’s a great way to learn about the lighthouse until we are ready to start public tours and you can come see it in person!
The price for this documentary DVD is $15.00 plus $3 for shipping and handling..
You can order it by mail by sending a check for $18 made out to “Thomas Point Lighthouse/USLHS” and mailing it to:
Karen McMichael
20636 Camptown Court
Ashburn, VA 20147
If you have any questions, you can contact Karen at loftkeeper@cheslights.org.
Or you can order it through PayPal (you do not have to be a member) and use your credit card by clicking
Thank you for your support and enjoy the DVD!