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Our monthly news of of activities at the Custom House is now found at the bottom of this page.
We have changed our method of keeping you up-to-date with the current goings-on at the Custom House by posting events, as they happen, on our three Facebook pages.
Please take a look: Custom House Maritime Museum,  New London Harbor Light,  Race Rock Light Station, Sentinels on the Sound - 2014 Lighthouse events.

See a photo diary of what happened at the Custom House prior to our Facebook pages in July 2012, June 2012,  May 2012,    April 2012, March 2012,     February 2012,    January 2012,    December 2011,  November 2011, at the One Big Table Community Dinner with Molly O'Neill,   in October 2011,   September 2011,    August 2011,    July 2011,    June 2011,     May 2011,   April 2011,  March 2011,     January-February 2011,     November-December  2010,   
with our new 3-year program with the NL Public Schools Lighthouse Kids,   
in  September-October 2010,    August 2010,  at summer festivities in June-July 2010,    at special Amistad events in April-May 2010,   
on our trip to the UN with the Amistad exhibition,   
in January-March 2010,  in 2009,  & in 2008. 

Learn how the Whale Tail fountain was made! 

See our first Sentinels on the Sound: Celebration of New London's Lighthouses

Attend One Big Table, our Community Heritage Dinner with NYT writer Molly O'Neill.

Read our Winter 2011 and Fall 2010 newsletters.

The New London Maritime Society/Custom House Maritime Museum is made possible by generous grants from The Chester Kitchings Family Foundation, the Connecticut Humanities Council, Dominion Foundation, the Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation, the Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, the Community Foundation of Eastern CT, &  and by the work of dedicated volunteers, members & friends. 


HAPPY 250th NEW LONDON HARBOR LIGHT!
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A Sea of Change

by Susan on 07/04/13

Even after a couple of weeks, it’s difficult to grasp. Receiving New London Harbor Light from the federal government, in October, 2010, was the end of a nine-year process. With Race Rock Light, the entire event, from site-visit to receipt of the key, took just over one year, start to finish.
So, you might ask, why would the New London Maritime Society want another lighthouse -- even one so legendary as Race RockLight? Let’s be clear: we  don’t. But it is our mission to protect and preserve New London’s maritime heritage. And so we do -- even when it means taking a rather breath-taking leap of faith, like this.
We are committed to preserving our important heritage sites for future generations. Ultimately, a national maritime heritage part of the historic and natural sites of eastern Long Island Sound might be the outcome. There is no more thrilling or compelling story than that of this lighthouse. The only question here should be: How could we have let the opportunity pass?!

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