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What a wonderful weekend of Augustin Fresnel performances! Happy 150th to Currituck Beach Lighthouse and thank you Northern Outer Banks and Corolla NC for your hospitality!!!
#lighthouses #150thAnniversary #lighthousehistory #lighthouselovers #maritimehistory #fresnel #currituck #corollanc
#lighthouses #150thAnniversary #lighthousehistory #lighthouselovers #maritimehistory #fresnel #currituck #corollanc
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What a wonderful weekend of Augustin Fresnel performances! Happy 150th to Currituck Beach Lighthouse and thank you Northern Outer Banks and Corolla NC for your hospitality!!!
#lighthouses #150thAnniversary #lighthousehistory #lighthouselovers #maritimehistory #fresnel #currituck #corollanc
#lighthouses #150thAnniversary #lighthousehistory #lighthouselovers #maritimehistory #fresnel #currituck #corollanc
On this Thanksgiving day I'm feeling much gratitude being on my first Fresnel performance tour! Looking forward to this weekend's performances for Currituck Beach Lighthouse as part of its 150th celebration! Happy Thanksgiving & Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #maritimehistory #fresnel
#lighthouses #maritimehistory #fresnel
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On this Thanksgiving day I'm feeling much gratitude being on my first Fresnel performance tour! Looking forward to this weekend's performances for Currituck Beach Lighthouse as part of its 150th celebration! Happy Thanksgiving & Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #maritimehistory #fresnel
#lighthouses #maritimehistory #fresnel
My 1st Augustin Fresnel performance tour! Thank you Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse for bringing my performance to you as you celebrate your 150th, Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park as host, Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society & the city of #annapolis for your hospitality & vibrancy!!!
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My 1st Augustin Fresnel performance tour! Thank you Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse for bringing my performance to you as you celebrate your 150th, Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park as host, Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society & the city of #annapolis for your hospitality & vibrancy!!!
Day 2 memories of myself & Monsieur Augustin Fresnel from last month's NJ Lighthouse Challenge Weekend! Such a joy to visit Tuckerton Seaport, Absecon and Cape May Lighthouses!
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#lighthouses #njlighthouses #MaritimeHistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory #lighthouselovers #fresnel
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#lighthouses #njlighthouses #MaritimeHistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory #lighthouselovers #fresnel
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Day 2 memories of myself & Monsieur Augustin Fresnel from last month's NJ Lighthouse Challenge Weekend! Such a joy to visit Tuckerton Seaport, Absecon and Cape May Lighthouses!
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#lighthouses #njlighthouses #MaritimeHistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory #lighthouselovers #fresnel
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#lighthouses #njlighthouses #MaritimeHistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory #lighthouselovers #fresnel
I and Monsieur Augustin Fresnel had a wonderful time last month participating in the New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge Weekend! Here are some memories of Day 1 at Twin Lights, Sea Girt Lighthouse & Barnegat Light Museum.
#lighthouses #njlighthouses #maritimehistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory
#lighthouses #njlighthouses #maritimehistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I and Monsieur Augustin Fresnel had a wonderful time last month participating in the New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge Weekend! Here are some memories of Day 1 at Twin Lights, Sea Girt Lighthouse & Barnegat Light Museum.
#lighthouses #njlighthouses #maritimehistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory
#lighthouses #njlighthouses #maritimehistory #lighthousehistory #NJHistory
#OnThisDay 9/22/1791, Michael Faraday was born.
Faraday is best known for his work on electricity & magnetism.
Later in life, he gave a series of Christmas lectures for young people for the The Royal Institution, a series which continues today.
#ScienceHistory #ChristmasLectures #selfeducation
Faraday is best known for his work on electricity & magnetism.
Later in life, he gave a series of Christmas lectures for young people for the The Royal Institution, a series which continues today.
#ScienceHistory #ChristmasLectures #selfeducation
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#OnThisDay 9/22/1791, Michael Faraday was born.
Faraday is best known for his work on electricity & magnetism.
Later in life, he gave a series of Christmas lectures for young people for the The Royal Institution, a series which continues today.
#ScienceHistory #ChristmasLectures #selfeducation
Faraday is best known for his work on electricity & magnetism.
Later in life, he gave a series of Christmas lectures for young people for the The Royal Institution, a series which continues today.
#ScienceHistory #ChristmasLectures #selfeducation
#OnThisDay Sept. 22nd, 1870 Charlotte Cooper was born.
1st female athlete to win Olympic gold in an individual event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
At 26, she lost her hearing.
She won 5 Wimbledon titles.
#SportsHistory #OlympicHistory #tennishistory #tennishalloffame #wimbledon #resilience
1st female athlete to win Olympic gold in an individual event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
At 26, she lost her hearing.
She won 5 Wimbledon titles.
#SportsHistory #OlympicHistory #tennishistory #tennishalloffame #wimbledon #resilience
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#OnThisDay Sept. 22nd, 1870 Charlotte Cooper was born.
1st female athlete to win Olympic gold in an individual event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
At 26, she lost her hearing.
She won 5 Wimbledon titles.
#SportsHistory #OlympicHistory #tennishistory #tennishalloffame #wimbledon #resilience
1st female athlete to win Olympic gold in an individual event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
At 26, she lost her hearing.
She won 5 Wimbledon titles.
#SportsHistory #OlympicHistory #tennishistory #tennishalloffame #wimbledon #resilience
Looking forward to traveling to #BuffaloNY to both attend the 12th Maritime Heritage Conference September 24th - 27th, & to also perform Augustin Fresnel: Through A New Lens for the lighthouse & maritime community!
#maritimehistory #maritimeheritageconference #lighthouses #Fresnellens #lighthouse
#maritimehistory #maritimeheritageconference #lighthouses #Fresnellens #lighthouse
September 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Looking forward to traveling to #BuffaloNY to both attend the 12th Maritime Heritage Conference September 24th - 27th, & to also perform Augustin Fresnel: Through A New Lens for the lighthouse & maritime community!
#maritimehistory #maritimeheritageconference #lighthouses #Fresnellens #lighthouse
#maritimehistory #maritimeheritageconference #lighthouses #Fresnellens #lighthouse
Happy #NationalLighthouseDay to all lighthouses in the United States! @uslhs.bsky.social
Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouse #lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #Fresnellens
Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouse #lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #Fresnellens
August 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Happy #NationalLighthouseDay to all lighthouses in the United States! @uslhs.bsky.social
Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouse #lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #Fresnellens
Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouse #lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #Fresnellens
So wonderful to surprise everyone last night at the 1st Friday Lecture at Custom House #Maritime #Museum Newburyport with an Augustin Fresnel virtual pop-up appearance at the end of the presentation by RADM Dan May, USCG, RET.
Congrats on the return of a 4th Order Fresnel Lens! #newburyport
Congrats on the return of a 4th Order Fresnel Lens! #newburyport
August 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So wonderful to surprise everyone last night at the 1st Friday Lecture at Custom House #Maritime #Museum Newburyport with an Augustin Fresnel virtual pop-up appearance at the end of the presentation by RADM Dan May, USCG, RET.
Congrats on the return of a 4th Order Fresnel Lens! #newburyport
Congrats on the return of a 4th Order Fresnel Lens! #newburyport
#OnThisDay in 1856, Louise Blanchard Bethune was born. She became the 1st American woman to work as a professional architect, primarily in the Buffalo, NY area. She was the 1st woman admitted to The American Institute of Architects in 1888.
#buffalohistory #womeninarchitecture #womenshistory
#buffalohistory #womeninarchitecture #womenshistory
July 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
#OnThisDay in 1856, Louise Blanchard Bethune was born. She became the 1st American woman to work as a professional architect, primarily in the Buffalo, NY area. She was the 1st woman admitted to The American Institute of Architects in 1888.
#buffalohistory #womeninarchitecture #womenshistory
#buffalohistory #womeninarchitecture #womenshistory
#OnThisDay, 7/14/1827, Augustin Fresnel left this world.
His legacy, The Fresnel Lens - an invention with a technology ahead of its time, safeguarding countless lives navigating on the waters of the home we call Earth.
It's been an honor to portray you & I intend to continue for as long as I can.
His legacy, The Fresnel Lens - an invention with a technology ahead of its time, safeguarding countless lives navigating on the waters of the home we call Earth.
It's been an honor to portray you & I intend to continue for as long as I can.
July 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#OnThisDay, 7/14/1827, Augustin Fresnel left this world.
His legacy, The Fresnel Lens - an invention with a technology ahead of its time, safeguarding countless lives navigating on the waters of the home we call Earth.
It's been an honor to portray you & I intend to continue for as long as I can.
His legacy, The Fresnel Lens - an invention with a technology ahead of its time, safeguarding countless lives navigating on the waters of the home we call Earth.
It's been an honor to portray you & I intend to continue for as long as I can.
#OnThisDay in 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born.
"I am not alone if I stand by myself". - A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers
"I have a room all to myself; it is Nature." - Journal, 1/3/1853
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." - Walden
"I am not alone if I stand by myself". - A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers
"I have a room all to myself; it is Nature." - Journal, 1/3/1853
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." - Walden
July 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#OnThisDay in 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born.
"I am not alone if I stand by myself". - A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers
"I have a room all to myself; it is Nature." - Journal, 1/3/1853
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." - Walden
"I am not alone if I stand by myself". - A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers
"I have a room all to myself; it is Nature." - Journal, 1/3/1853
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." - Walden
#OnThisDay 100 years ago, one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll, Bill Haley, was born.
Bill Haley & His Comets would make their impact with "Rock Around The Clock" & their version of Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll". In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Bill Haley & His Comets would make their impact with "Rock Around The Clock" & their version of Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll". In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
July 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#OnThisDay 100 years ago, one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll, Bill Haley, was born.
Bill Haley & His Comets would make their impact with "Rock Around The Clock" & their version of Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll". In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Bill Haley & His Comets would make their impact with "Rock Around The Clock" & their version of Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll". In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
#onthisday 160 years ago, Robert Henri was born.
Painter & teacher, he is best known for founding the "Ashcan School", the urban realism of what he felt was "art for life's sake".
#AshcanSchool #UrbanRealism #ashcanart #arthistory #americanrealism #artlovers #americanart #museums #philadelphiaart
Painter & teacher, he is best known for founding the "Ashcan School", the urban realism of what he felt was "art for life's sake".
#AshcanSchool #UrbanRealism #ashcanart #arthistory #americanrealism #artlovers #americanart #museums #philadelphiaart
June 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#onthisday 160 years ago, Robert Henri was born.
Painter & teacher, he is best known for founding the "Ashcan School", the urban realism of what he felt was "art for life's sake".
#AshcanSchool #UrbanRealism #ashcanart #arthistory #americanrealism #artlovers #americanart #museums #philadelphiaart
Painter & teacher, he is best known for founding the "Ashcan School", the urban realism of what he felt was "art for life's sake".
#AshcanSchool #UrbanRealism #ashcanart #arthistory #americanrealism #artlovers #americanart #museums #philadelphiaart
#OnThisDay in 1772, civil engineer Robert Stevenson was born. He would build & design such lighthouses as Bell Rock & Sumburgh Head. Northern Lighthouse Board Engineer from 1808 - 1842.
To Scotland's lighthouses: Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory
To Scotland's lighthouses: Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory
June 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OnThisDay in 1772, civil engineer Robert Stevenson was born. He would build & design such lighthouses as Bell Rock & Sumburgh Head. Northern Lighthouse Board Engineer from 1808 - 1842.
To Scotland's lighthouses: Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory
To Scotland's lighthouses: Keep Shining Your Lights!!!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory
#OnThisDay in 1803, Ralph Waldo Emerson was born.
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
"All great successes are the triumph of persistence."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
#poetry
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
"All great successes are the triumph of persistence."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
#poetry
May 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#OnThisDay in 1803, Ralph Waldo Emerson was born.
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
"All great successes are the triumph of persistence."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
#poetry
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
"All great successes are the triumph of persistence."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
#poetry
#OnThisDay last year as Augustin Fresnel at Hereford Inlet Lighthouse for their 150th. A rare outdoor performance.
I will be performing in 2025 for 2 more lighthouses celebrating their 150th!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #fresnellens #lighthousehistory
Entrance: Fresnel had his game face on!
I will be performing in 2025 for 2 more lighthouses celebrating their 150th!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #fresnellens #lighthousehistory
Entrance: Fresnel had his game face on!
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#OnThisDay last year as Augustin Fresnel at Hereford Inlet Lighthouse for their 150th. A rare outdoor performance.
I will be performing in 2025 for 2 more lighthouses celebrating their 150th!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #fresnellens #lighthousehistory
Entrance: Fresnel had his game face on!
I will be performing in 2025 for 2 more lighthouses celebrating their 150th!
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #fresnellens #lighthousehistory
Entrance: Fresnel had his game face on!
#OnThisDay 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel was born.
I've been honored to portray the inventor of the Fresnel lens for lighthouse & maritime orgs & I'm certainly looking forward to performing for many more in the future.
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #maritimehistory #uslighthouses
I've been honored to portray the inventor of the Fresnel lens for lighthouse & maritime orgs & I'm certainly looking forward to performing for many more in the future.
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #maritimehistory #uslighthouses
May 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#OnThisDay 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel was born.
I've been honored to portray the inventor of the Fresnel lens for lighthouse & maritime orgs & I'm certainly looking forward to performing for many more in the future.
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #maritimehistory #uslighthouses
I've been honored to portray the inventor of the Fresnel lens for lighthouse & maritime orgs & I'm certainly looking forward to performing for many more in the future.
#lighthouses #lighthouselovers #lighthousehistory #maritimehistory #uslighthouses
#OnThisDay May 5th, 1864 Nellie Bly was born.
In 1887 she went undercover for the NY World at an asylum for women on Blackwell's Island. She would later write "Ten Days in a Mad-House" that exposed the horrible conditions, paving the way for women & investigative reporting.
#womenshistory #nelliebly
In 1887 she went undercover for the NY World at an asylum for women on Blackwell's Island. She would later write "Ten Days in a Mad-House" that exposed the horrible conditions, paving the way for women & investigative reporting.
#womenshistory #nelliebly
May 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#OnThisDay May 5th, 1864 Nellie Bly was born.
In 1887 she went undercover for the NY World at an asylum for women on Blackwell's Island. She would later write "Ten Days in a Mad-House" that exposed the horrible conditions, paving the way for women & investigative reporting.
#womenshistory #nelliebly
In 1887 she went undercover for the NY World at an asylum for women on Blackwell's Island. She would later write "Ten Days in a Mad-House" that exposed the horrible conditions, paving the way for women & investigative reporting.
#womenshistory #nelliebly
#OnThisDay American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Ct. He was a student of Thomas Cole & prominent in the Hudson River School of landscape painters, known for his large landscapes that included mountains, sunsets & waterfalls.
#hudsonriverschool #landscapepainting
#hudsonriverschool #landscapepainting
May 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#OnThisDay American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Ct. He was a student of Thomas Cole & prominent in the Hudson River School of landscape painters, known for his large landscapes that included mountains, sunsets & waterfalls.
#hudsonriverschool #landscapepainting
#hudsonriverschool #landscapepainting
#OnThisDay in Staten Island History:
May 2nd, 1906 - The Borough Hall of St. George, designed by the architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, is dedicated.
#StatenIslandHistory #NYCHistory #nycarchitecture #nycarchitect #historicbuildings
May 2nd, 1906 - The Borough Hall of St. George, designed by the architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, is dedicated.
#StatenIslandHistory #NYCHistory #nycarchitecture #nycarchitect #historicbuildings
May 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
#OnThisDay in Staten Island History:
May 2nd, 1906 - The Borough Hall of St. George, designed by the architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, is dedicated.
#StatenIslandHistory #NYCHistory #nycarchitecture #nycarchitect #historicbuildings
May 2nd, 1906 - The Borough Hall of St. George, designed by the architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, is dedicated.
#StatenIslandHistory #NYCHistory #nycarchitecture #nycarchitect #historicbuildings
#OnThisDay George Inness, American Landscape painter was born. Looking forward to celebrating this evening with the @mammontclair.bsky.social his 200th birthday!!!
"Art is a subtle essence. It is not a thing of surfaces, but a moving spirit." - Inness
#landscapepainting #arthistory #montclairnj
"Art is a subtle essence. It is not a thing of surfaces, but a moving spirit." - Inness
#landscapepainting #arthistory #montclairnj
May 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#OnThisDay George Inness, American Landscape painter was born. Looking forward to celebrating this evening with the @mammontclair.bsky.social his 200th birthday!!!
"Art is a subtle essence. It is not a thing of surfaces, but a moving spirit." - Inness
#landscapepainting #arthistory #montclairnj
"Art is a subtle essence. It is not a thing of surfaces, but a moving spirit." - Inness
#landscapepainting #arthistory #montclairnj
#OnThisDay we celebrate the 203rd birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, known as the "Father of American Landscape Architecture". I've been honored to portray him for several orgs. Who will be next one? @emnecklacebos.bsky.social
#olmsted203 #landscapearchitecture #publicparks #FrederickLawOlmsted
#olmsted203 #landscapearchitecture #publicparks #FrederickLawOlmsted
April 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#OnThisDay we celebrate the 203rd birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, known as the "Father of American Landscape Architecture". I've been honored to portray him for several orgs. Who will be next one? @emnecklacebos.bsky.social
#olmsted203 #landscapearchitecture #publicparks #FrederickLawOlmsted
#olmsted203 #landscapearchitecture #publicparks #FrederickLawOlmsted
#OnThisDay April 23rd, 1852.....The poet Edwin Markham is born.
He's known for the poems "The Man with the Hoe" and "Lincoln, the Man of the People", which he personally read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
#NationalPoetryMonth #AmericanPoetry #poetry #poets #poetrylovers #poem
He's known for the poems "The Man with the Hoe" and "Lincoln, the Man of the People", which he personally read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
#NationalPoetryMonth #AmericanPoetry #poetry #poets #poetrylovers #poem
April 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#OnThisDay April 23rd, 1852.....The poet Edwin Markham is born.
He's known for the poems "The Man with the Hoe" and "Lincoln, the Man of the People", which he personally read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
#NationalPoetryMonth #AmericanPoetry #poetry #poets #poetrylovers #poem
He's known for the poems "The Man with the Hoe" and "Lincoln, the Man of the People", which he personally read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922.
#NationalPoetryMonth #AmericanPoetry #poetry #poets #poetrylovers #poem