Keep the Lights On
Buy a Lighthouse License Plate.
With its striking red-and-white stripes, the White Shoal Lighthouse is set against the blue waters of Lake Michigan to symbolize the need to preserve Michigan’s lighthouses. The legend on the plate reads "SAVE OUR LIGHTS." A portion of the cost of this Michigan fund-raising license plate introduced in 2001 supports lighthouse preservation. Order your Michigan Lighthouse today!
PDF Mail-in order form for Lighthouse License Plate
Learn
more on the Michigan Department of State Website
Keep The Lights On! Support Historic Peservation
Official State of Michigan Travel Website
Michigan.org
Explore Travel Michigan's guide to lighthouses, travel and leisure activities
in Michigan.
Lighthouse Organizations
American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee
The ALCC is a consortium of organizations and individuals dedicated
to lighthouse preservation, restoration and rehabilitation. It seeks
to develop consensus positions
on issues of broad and far-reaching significance to the lighthouse community,
share knowledge and expertise on lighthouse preservation issues with
the Coast Guard and other government and lighthouse organizations, and
serve as a central
communication and coordination point to keep the lighthouse community
informed
about critical issues. The ALCC serves as a voice for the community.
Contact: Mike Vogel, First Vice President, vogel@buffnet.net.
American Lighthouse Foundation
P.O. Box 889
Wells, ME 04090
ALF was formed originally as The New England Lighthouse Foundation
in 1994. Today they are responsible for the preservation of over a
dozen lighthouses
in the
Northeast.
DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society
Florida Lighthouse Association
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
206 Lake St.
P.O. Box 219
Mackinaw City, MI 49701
The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
is
dedicated to preserving our lighthouses and the history of the people
who kept them by developing
a new generation
of preservationists. This mission is implemented by:
Producing the quarterly magazine, The Beacon;
Offering annual cruises on each of the Great Lakes and numerous annual
cruises in the Straits of Mackinac;
Offering summer lighthouse residency experiences for educators at our
Maritime Heritage Education Workshops;
Involving youth in both hands-on restoration work and classroom experiences;
Producing books such as our forthcoming oral history book.
National Lighthouse Museum and Center
New Jersey Lighthouse Society
Outer Banks Lighthouse Society
South Fox Island Lighthouse Restoration
An attempt to preserve Lake Michigan’s most isolated Lighthouse,
built 1867.
U.S. Lighthouse Society
244 Kearny Street - 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
USLHS provides its members with Keepers Log, an illustrated
quarterly journal, lighthouse tours, and a general information
service
on lighthouse and lightship
preservation. USLHS also has some regional chapters including
the Chesapeake Bay Chapter, Long Island Chapter, and Oregon
Chapter.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
The mission of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
is to protect and enhance Michigan's environment and public
health.
Coastal Management Program
Submerged Land Program
The National Park Service
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995
ROOTED IN OVER 120 YEARS OF PRESERVATION ETHICS
in both Europe and America, The Secretary of the
Interior's
Standards
for
the Treatment
of Historic
Properties are common sense principles in non-technical
language. They were developed
to
help protect our nation's irreplaceable cultural
resources by promoting consistent preservation
practices. The
Standards may
be applied
to all properties listed
in the National Register of Historic Places: buildings,
sites, structures, objects, and districts. It should
be understood
that the Standards
are a series of concepts
about maintaining, repairing and replacing historic
materials, as well as designing new additions or
making alterations;
as such, they
cannot,
in and
of themselves,
be used to make essential decisions about which
features of a historic property should be saved
and which
might be changed.
But once an
appropriate treatment
is selected, the Standards provide philosophical
consistency to the work.
If you would like more information please visit
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
the Treatment
of Historic
Properties, 1995.
Link Exchange
To exchange links with The Michigan Lighthouse
Fund web site, please e-mail us
with your information:
* Title
* Description
* Organization URL
* E-Mail Address
Here is our link exchange information:
TITLE: The Michigan Lighthouse Fund
DESCRIPTION: One of Michigan's greatest treasures!
Explore history, program information, and partners.
URL: http://www.michiganlighthouse.org
Please rest assured that The Michigan Lighthouse
Fund protects your privacy. We do not sell
or trade your
personal information.
If you have any concerns about this policy,
you can contact us at info@michiganlighthouse.org.
Lighthouse Facts
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