One of the year’s last special events took place last month – the Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey. This event, during normal times, attracts thousands from all over the region to visit Barnegat Lighthouse, Barnegat Light Museum and Tuckerton Seaport. However, the 2020 Challenge, like most other such endeavors, went virtual and lasted all month long. And that’s enough of a reason to shine a light on one of our lost landmarks and the legacy it left behind.
The American lighthouse network saw its beginning among the first acts of the U.S. Congress in 1789.
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