Both the lighthouse and the fog horns, which were originally installed in 1934 and last sounded in the 1950's, have been restored through the efforts of Faulkner's Light Brigade, a group of area citizens, some of whom will talk about their roles in the restoration process.
Father Hesburgh has long spoken of this institution as both a lighthouse and a crossroads.
He stood as both a lighthouse and a crossroads unafraid to speak his mind on moral issues ranging from poverty, AIDS and abortion to the death penalty and nuclear war.
Both the lighthouse and three sandstone lighthouse keeper cottages were constructed from locally quarried sandstone.
The underwater artifacts include a small statue of a Pharaoh from the 4th or 5th century B.C., a colossal stone head of what is believed to be Cleopatra's son, Caesarion, a sphinx statue, coins, sections of temples inscribed with hieroglyphics, and-of-course massive pieces of both Pharos' Lighthouse and Cleopatra's Palace.
They are about the same size, they're both by the ocean, both have lighthouses and sandy flatlands and pine forests on the landward side.
Both lighthouses are painted white and are run and maintained by Trinity House.
Designed by Alexander Dawson, the New South Wales Government Architect at that time, both the lighthouse's flared base and the keeper's cottages combined terrace are unique architectural features for the period.
The book chronicles Dr. Baker's adventures on Henry Island in Nova Scotia; the Baker family owns the 150-acre island, which includes a 53-foot-high wooden octagonal lighthouse and a lighthouse keeper's house, both built in 1902.
Both the American Lighthouse Foundation and the New London Maritime Society stressed that they were not competing for the lighthouse and that they hoped to work together on the project.
