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From the archives: Lighthouses

Name: From the archives: Lighthouses
Uploaded: 2013-03-31T09:00:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Description: August 7 marks the annual celebration of National Lighthouse Day. In this March 31, 2013 "Sunday Morning" report, Charles Osgood looks back at the creation of the first U.S. government-funded lighthouse, at Cape Henry in Virginia, and offers an illuminating history of these beautiful and serene sentinels of the seas.

August 7 marks the annual celebration of National Lighthouse Day. In this March 31, 2013 "Sunday Morning" report, Charles Osgood looks back at the creation of the first U.S. government-funded lighthouse, at Cape Henry in Virginia, and offers an illuminating history of these beautiful and serene sentinels of the seas.