Lighting The Way: A History of New Jersey Lighthouses

As a seacoast state, New Jersey is known for its lighthouses.  The Jersey coast boasts of some majestic lighthouses that have guarded mariners sailing the Atlantic Ocean and intercoastal waterways for over a century.

Learn the history and interesting facts about some of the well known-and some lesser known-lighthouses that grace the NJ shoreline.

Presenter Meg Wastie was an English and Drama teacher at Columbia High School in Maplewood for 32 years.  She then served as Curator of Education at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts in Madison for 15 years.  She currently presents programs to schools, senior and adult groups, and public organizations.

This program is made possible with the support of the Friends of the Livingston Public Library.