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Schooner Alert and Harpswell’s famed cribstone bridge in the background
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The Fourth. Maine.
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June 3, 2023
Visiting Arista. Harpswell, ME.
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Last Sunday, by luck, the caretaker of the 1757 Harpswell Meetinghouse in Harpswell, Maine offered to let us in. I’ve wanted to see inside it for years but it’s never been open.
Outside, to the west, the meetinghouse has a beautifully restored graveyard. I’ve spent a lot of time in this graveyard. It sometimes looks like the headstones are parishioners leaning in towards the meetinghouse, listening to a sermon.
Inside at last, it was wholly breathtaking. There was the eerie feeling that the past was suddenly very close by.
The old 18th-century Communion rail was still there by the pulpit. You could see where the folded hands of hundreds of communicants wore the paint from the rail as they knelt to receive.
The caretaker pulled out a powder keg from under one of the seats and told us to look inside. There was still powder within. The keg was found in the attic, supposedly a relic from the American Revolution.
But the reason I’ve wanted to see inside the meetinghouse for so long, is that a 19th-century book about the history of the area claims that seats in the balcony of this very building were set apart for the enslaved. In 1765, a census shows there were 14 people of color living in Harpswell.
New England still struggles with its history of enslavement and racism. You have to look hard to see any remaining traces of that shameful history in the New England landscape. People have tried to forget.
I wanted to go upstairs. I wanted to see what was hidden.
The handrail on the stairs leading to the balcony was worn smooth.
The view of the pulpit was stunning from this height.
The caretaker led us into the northwest corner of the balcony, beyond the box pews the wealthy white parishioners paid dearly for.
There, behind a jumble of ancient pew doors he showed us a bench with a rough, unplaned edge. There had originally been at least two benches there, anchored to the floor, unable to be moved from their spot.
My heart began to hammer. The caretaker told us he couldn’t imagine who would have sat in those rough seats. But I knew who sat there.
These were the seats set aside for people of color.
I’ve begun research to learn the names of the people who sat in these seats. They deserve to be remembered.
I’ll let you know what I find out.
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Full moon over The New Meadows River in the studio window, Maine
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Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #1 by Ann Nocenti and Paolo Villanelli. Variant covers by Jen Bartel and Rose Besch. Out in July.
"EARTH’S MIGHTIEST!
After facing off against the Brood with the X-Men and losing someone she holds dear, Carol Danvers needs a break. She’s not about to get it now! A slinky new cosmic threat comes for Earth’s Mightiest, and they know just who to recruit to really wreck Carol’s world – a surprise legacy villain! Join industry legend Ann Nocenti and artist Paolo Villanelli of STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS fame as they take the torch from Kelly Thompson’s record-breaking run and slingshot Captain Marvel from the Harpswell Sound to the far reaches of the galaxy!"
#captain marvel: dark tempest#captain marvel#carol danvers#marvel#ann nocenti#paolo villanelli#jen bartel#rose besch#variant cover#comics
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In the early 19th century, sailors making their way to Providence, Rhode Island, depended on the signal of the Warwick Neck Light to safely find their way. While it no longer carries the navigational significance it once did, the 51-foot tower continues to preside over Narragansett Bay from its clifftop perch.
Now, this historical property’s dramatic views could be yours.
This year, the General Services Administration (GSA) will give away six of the historic beacons, including the Warwick Neck Light, at no cost. An additional four will be sold via public auction. The goal of the transfers is to preserve the historic buildings, even as technology renders them obsolete.
For hundreds of years, lighthouses have welcomed travelers to the shores of the United States. However, the advent of navigation technologies like GPS has left many of the shore’s sentinels without a practical purpose. Since the passage of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2000, the GSA has been transferring ownership of lighthouses “no longer critical to the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission needs” to groups willing to preserve them, according to a statement from the agency.
“People really appreciate the heroic role of the solitary lighthouse keeper,” says John Kelly of the GSA’s office of real property disposition to Mark Pratt of the Associated Press (AP). “They were really the instruments to provide safe passage into some of these perilous harbors which afforded communities great opportunities for commerce, and they’re often located in prominent locations that offer breathtaking views.”
At many lighthouses, upkeep is challenging: Two of the structures up for auction, the Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the Stratford Shoal Light in the middle of the Long Island Sound, are accessible only by boat.
“They’re such unusual reflections of our history that it takes a certain kind of person who wants to be a part of that,” Robin Carnahan, administrator of the GSA, tells the New York Times’ Michael Levenson.
For now, the lighthouses won’t be available to just anyone. The GSA is first offering them at no cost to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofits, educational agencies and community development organizations. To be eligible, interested buyers must be able to maintain the historic property and allow the public to access it. More than 80 lighthouses have found a new owner—and stable future—through this process so far, according to the GSA.
Several of the lighthouses up for grabs this year are already under the care of nonprofits, which can apply to continue their work, Kelly tells the AP. For example, the Nobska Lighthouse in Falmouth, Massachusetts is maintained by the Friends of Nobska Light, which has applied for the transfer of ownership, according to the Cape Cod Times’ Zane Razzaq.
If no owner is found, the lighthouses will be offered for sale to the public via auction. The GSA has auctioned 70 lighthouses to date, in sales ranging from $10,000 to over $900,000, reports NPR’s Emma Bowman.
Other lighthouses going to auction this year include the Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light in Chassell, Michigan. The list of transfer-eligible lighthouses includes Lynde Point Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, Connecticut; Plymouth/Gurnet Lighthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Little Mark Island and Monument in Harpswell, Maine; and Erie Harbor North Pier Lighthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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you should take a trip to harpswell, maine if you have the chance!! its super chill, you can go to the gift shop on baileys island and check out all the preserves :) its a really lovely place to visit for someone who loves the ocean (sending on anon for general privacy but id be happy to dm you abt maine stuff ! i grew up here)
Ough that’s where one of our rare lobsters came from!
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