Lightship # 116-538 CHESAPEAKE

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Past Events and Volunteer Activities - 2022

  2022        .         

- December - Wednesday the 7th, Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony - NOON sharp on board the CG Cutter 37 Taney.  Free to the public, BUT a RSVP is Required.   https://historicships.org/annual-pearl-harbor-memorial-ceremony 

- December - Saturday the 3rd, Volunteer work day - 9:45 am - 2:30 pm.  COMPLETED.

- November -  Saturday the 5th, Volunteer work day - 8:50 am to 4:20 pm.  ALSO,  Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society Volunteer Work Day on Lightship CHESAPEAKE.  COMPLETED.  Thanks to Anne, Heidi, Susan and Greg for an extremely productive work day.  Due to the great weather, we had a significant number of visitors too.

- October - Saturday the 8th, visit by family members of the lightships' first Master, Capt Alexander Andersen.  Time is 10am.  Completed. 

 - October - MONDAY the 3rd, Volunteer work day - 9:50 am to 1:55 pm.  POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER from the 1st to the 3rd.  COMPLETED. 

- September - TUESDAY the 20th, Volunteer work day 9:50 am to 2:05 pm. COMPLETED!

 - September - 8th to 13th, MARYLAND FLEET WEEK and FLYOVER BALTIMORE.

  -August - Thursday the 25th, Volunteer work day - 9:30 am to 2:30 pm.  COMPLETED.

     - August 20th + 21st 2022 - the International Lighthouse-Lightship weekend, an annual event managed by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society.  See the web site: https://illw.net/

   - August 7th - NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY  -  By a joint resolution designating this day as "National Lighthouse Day" which was introduced to Congress on April 28, 1988 and signed into public law (No. 100-622) on November 5, 1988 by President Ronald Reagan.     Click HERE to see the 2013 US Senate Resolution.    The date of August 7th was selected because on that date in 1789, President George Washington signed the Lighthouse Act of 1789 which transferred ownership and operation of all lighthouses in the U. S. to the federal government.   Click HERE for more info.

     - August 6th + 7th 2022 - the U. S. National Lighthouse-Lightship weekend, an annual event managed by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society.  See the web site: https://arlhs.com/events/national-lighthouse-lightship-week-nllw/

-August - Saturday the 6th, Volunteer work day - 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. COMPLETED

- July - Saturday the 23rd, Volunteer work day - 8:35 am to 12:40 pm.  COMPLETED

- June - Wednesday the 15th -Additional Vol work day - 9:45 am to 2:15 pm. COMPLETED.

- June - Saturday the 4th, Volunteer work day - 8:50 am to 3:25 pm.  COMPLETED. Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society Volunteer Work Day. No Chapter volunteers.

 - May - Saturday the 26th, Volunteer work day - 9:45 am to 2:50 pm.  COMPLETED.

  - May 22nd Sunday - National Maritime Day  click HERE for more info.

 - May - Saturday the 21st, Volunteer work day - 8:50 am to 2:50 pm.  COMPLETED.  Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society Volunteer Work Day.     No Chapter volunteers.   It was a VERY hot day, so we wrapped up early.

 - April -  Saturday the 16th, Volunteer work day - 9:00 am to 3 pm.  COMPLETED

 - April -  Saturday the 9th, Volunteer work day - 9:00 am to 2:45 pm.  COMPLETED

  - March -  Lightship is CLOSED.  No volunteer work day.

  - February -  Lightship is CLOSED.  No volunteer work day.

  - January -  Lightship is CLOSED.  No volunteer work day.