RI's Southeast Lighthouse Foundation Awarded $105,000 Maritime Heritage Grant
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RI's Southeast Lighthouse Foundation Awarded $105,000 Maritime Heritage Grant
Overall the Service awarded more than $1.7 million for 27 maritime heritage grants across 13 states and the District of Columbia.
The grants were awarded for projects that teach about and preserve sites and objects related to our nation’s maritime history.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“Protecting our nation’s maritime history is an important part of the National Park Service’s mission to share America’s story. These grants will support efforts to conserve important parts of our maritime history and educate students of all ages,” said said Acting National Park Service Director Michael T. Reynolds.
Southeast Lighthouse Foundation
The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation on Block Island runs a small museum and a gift shop in the lighthouse, and tours of the tower are offered in the summer.
The Grant Program
The National Maritime Heritage Program Grant awards are made possible through a partnership between the two federal agencies.
They are funded through recycling of vessels from the MARAD’s National Defense Reserve Fleet.
The grant program supports a broad range of maritime education and preservation projects, without expending tax dollars, while ensuring that the vessels are dismantled in an environmentally sound manner.
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