There is nothing better than a good David versus Goliath story. In this one, a few locals living on a New Jersey island face off against the might of Washington, D.C., and its experts.
During the winter of 1920, storms threatened to wash away “old Barney,” the Barnegat Lighthouse, one of the area’s most famous landmarks. The response from Washington was to let it go and replace it with a new tower or a lightship. In April, the Matawan Journal summed up the situation.
“Preparations of the Lighthouse Bureau to abandon the famous old lighthouse at Barnegat (City, now Barnegat Light) have…
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