Joel Helander, municipal historian and past chairman of the Faulkner’s Light Brigade, will present a slide lecture at the annual meeting of the Brigade on Monday, May 14, 7:00 p.m., in the Guilford Community Center, 32 Church Street. The general public is cordially invited.
The program will trace the efforts of the Faulkner’s Light Brigade to bring a grass roots citizens campaign to the halls of U.S. Congress. The program also features island history, including use by Native Americans, sale to the English Puritans, farming pursuits, establishment of the light station, heroics of lightkeepers and their families, the fire of 1976, and the beautiful wildlife refuge maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.