Re-Lighting Ceremony
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse
7 pm, May 31, 2003
Lighthouse Park on River Road
Ulster Park, NY
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At 7 pm, on Saturday, May 31, the light on the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse will be turned on. After almost 40 years, the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse Tower light will again shine to guide vessels plying the Hudson River. A ceremony to commemorate this event will be held at Lighthouse Park on River Road in Ulster Park, NY.
The current Lighthouse was completed in 1871, and the lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29th, 1979. It has been nicknamed "Maid of the Meadows".
The Save Esopus Lighthouse Commission was formed in the summer of 1990 for the purpose of restoring and preserving this maritime treasure. The U S Coast Guard leased the lighthouse to the group until September 2002. During a ceremony on September 22, 2003 stewardship of the structure was officially transferred from the government to the Save the Esopus Lighthouse Commission.
Rekindling an old flame
The Maid of the Meadows Lighthouse shines again
from Ulster Piblishing, May 29, 2003
3rd Annual Save the Espous Lighthouse Regatta
May 31, 2003, Start will be a 2:00 pm
Norrie Point Marina.
Hosted by the Norrie Point Sailing Club, all entry fees from the regatta will be donated to the Save the Esopus Lighthouse Commission. Help to preserve the last wooden lighthouse on the Hudson River by sailing in the Regatta. There is a $30 entry fee, and the proceeds will benefit the restoration and preservation of the lighthouse.
Following the Regatta, an awards ceremony with food and refreshments will be held in the picnic area at Norrie Point Marina. Plenty of anchorage space is available in front of the marina. Boats may drop off and pick up crew members from the pump out dock, but please, this is only a drop off and pickup point. No dockage is allowed at the pump out. Please drop off your crew, then anchor near the marina and call Norrie Point Sailing Club on VHF 67 to pick you up. We will be running a launch to and from the marina.
For more information on this event.
Contact the Norrie Point Sailing Club us at www.npsc.homestead.com
Or call Chris D'Aleo at (845) 373-9320
Register early by mail, or on the day of the Regatta from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at the Norrie Point Marina picnic area. A skippers meeting will be held at 12:30 pm in the picnic area.
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