A PEEK AT THE PAST
by Leonard DeFrain

This picture of a lighthouse was taken many years ago. I have tried many sources, but have had no success in finding its location. I have many glass negatives, and one of them is of this lighthouse. I have been told that perhaps it is not a lighthouse located on the Great Lakes, but all the glass negatives I have are of this area and the northern part of Michigan. The person who took the picture lived in Michigan all his life.

The present Harbor Beach lighthouse was built in 1885 and was manned by civilians 24 hours a day during the boating season. The last civilian keeper was Otto Both. Starting in 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard has manned the light.

There was also a south pier light that stood 27 feet above the water, atop a white skeletal tripod and was battery operated.

Before any lights were established, when boats were expected, someone would build a bonfire on the beach or hang a lamp on a post.

Do you know your flag?

With Memorial Day coming, can you answer these questions?

1. Who was called the father of Flag Day?
2. Who cut up the American Flag and was honored for it?
3. Who made the star spangler and where?
4. Who first called our flag, Old Glory?
5. Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
6. Do you know how big the world’s largest flag is, and who made it?
7. When should the flag be displayed?
8. What is done with worn out flags?
9. How many stripes did the flag have in 1814?
10. What state passed the first “flag salute” statute and when?

Find the answers hidden in this issue.

Answers to Leonard's flag trivia from page 16:

1. Bernard J. Cigrand from Waubeka, WI.

2. Robert E. Perry in five places of the North Pole.

3. Mary Pickersgill, in Baltimore, Maryland.

4. William Driver, Captain of a brig, 1880.

5. Francis Bellamy, first recited in 1892.

6. 210' high and 411' long, and was made by Anchor Industries in Evansville, IN.

7. On national and state holidays.

8. Used until worn out, and then burned.

9. 15 stripes.

10. New York State, 1898.