Above: almost every day you can find Christina Corcoran putting in some time on the mural she is creating out behind the Custom House. This week, admist the swirling seas, Race Rock Lighthouse began to take form.

The Custom House Maritime Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 1 to 5 PM. 
 
What's Up at the Custom House - October 23, 2016
How to be a Cartoonist, with Jon Buller
Sign up NOW -- classes start next Saturday: 860-447-2501

Four Saturdays beginning October 29, 10:45 AM to 12 noon. $40. Adults often sign up, too.
Treasure hunter, photographer, historian, Paul Flickner (below right), made a remarkable find - a pair of U.S. Revenue Cutter Service cuff links, ca. 1850. He donated them to NLMS last week. The links now are on display in the museum's U.S. Customs office.  
On 4 August 1790,  urged on by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, the United States Congress created the Revenue-Marine, later renamed the Revenue Cutter Service. It served as the U.S. Customs Service's on-sea arm. The Revenue Cutter Service later became the U.S.Coast Guard in 1915.  
Haunted Lighthouses, with Elinor DeWire
It's the perfect time of year for a few scary maritime tales!   
next Sunday, October 30 at 2 PM   
Hear haunting tales about life in a lighthouse. (child-friendly, not creepy)

Almost every lighthouse claims to have a ghost...or two...or three!
Join author and lighthouse historian, Elinor DeWire, for a fun and slightly hair-raising visit to a few haunted lighthouses and hear stories of their ghosts.

Suggested donation is $12, and $8 for children up-to age 14.
Sign up here: http://www.brownpa pertickets.com/event/2640454    or call 860-447-2501 .

Elinor is on Facebook as "Elinor DeWire, Author"
Find @ElinorDeWire on Twitter
Visit Elinor's Author Blog on Blogspot
Find her Author Website
View Elinor's lighthouse videos  on You Tube
Visit her "Lighthouse" Pinterest Boards
We're asking local businesses to join our SUPER 70.
We're collecting SUPER 70 concert sponsors: seventy local businesses -- or individuals -- donating $100, each, to cover our artist/production fees for the December 2 Peter Yarrow concert.

Won't you help us? Call Susan at 860-447-8700 to sign on.

Our SUPER 70 sponsors
UCONN - Avery Point 
Allergy Associates of New London 
Carson's Store, LLC 
DOCKO, INC
Friends of Ledyard Library 
L&M Hospital 
Mariani Reck Lane, LLC
Mystic Knotwork 
TCORS - Tobin, Carberry, O'Malley, Riley, Selinger PC, Counsellors at Law 
The M.J. Sullivan Automotive Corner 
with more to come... 
An Evening of Song & Conversation with Peter Yarrow 
Friday, December 2, 7 PM  
It's a great program for the whole family.

Tickets for our December 2nd fund-raiser An Evening of Song and Conversation with Peter Yarrow are now
on sale. 
Admission is $35. P urchase tickets at 860-447-2501 or online 24/7 at  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2606201

Yes, it will be nostalgic for many. But on another level, it will bring them a sense of what is still possible.    - Peter Yarrow
Donate to NLMS when you use Amazon Smile
 
  Have you heard about AmazonSmile? 
 
New London Maritime Society is one of the participating charities that can benefit from AmazonSmile. If you are an Amazon shopper, we urge you to choose the Maritime Society as your charity beneficiary. 
 
You can access Amazon Smile here . Happy Shopping!!
 
New London Maritime Society 2016 Pittaway Lighthouse-Keepers Award
Thursday, October 27, 7 PM

This Thursday, NLMS board president Dr. George Sprecace will receive the 2nd biennial Pittaway Lighthouse Keepers Award. Th e award will will be presented at a dinner at Tony D's this Thursday, October 27, at 7 PM - and you all are invited. 
Tickets are $45 and may be purchased by calling (860) 447-2501. 

Donations to New London Maritime Society in honor of Dr. Sprecace will be gratefully accepted.
Are you planting flower bulbs this fall?
If so, your purchase can benefit the New London Maritime Society.  With this offer, NLMS will receive 25% of your bulb purchase price. It's called Bloomin' Bucks and is from the remarkable Brent and Becky's Bulbs.

1. Now is the time to order your bulbs. Go to:  bloominbucks.com  

2.) Select 'New London Maritime Society'

3.) Shop.  thanks!
Custom House Maritime Matters  is on Public Access TV
Tune in on Thursdays, 5 PM, channel 25          
Join host NLMS president George Sprecace on Atlantic Broadband Community Access television for a lively discussion of what's happening on the New London waterfront.
The program with lighthouse historian and author Elinor DeWire, our guest last week, can be viewed anytime with On Demand.
This week, the show will be a repeat of a talk with John Johnson of the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.  

33rd New London Maritime Society Annual Meeting
Sunday, November 13, 1 PM 
 
Join us for a short business meeting (NLMS officers will be elected), after which scientist Peter J. Auster discusses the newly-designated Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument .  
 
Space is limited.
$5 NLMS members, $10 others

Sign-up at 860-447-2501 or
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There's still time to have your up-to $100 donation matched by Charter Oak Credit Union.  Learn how you can help New London Maritime Society get some much needed funding! Please  help by clicking  HERE.
 
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Facebook New London Maritime Society to learn about issues related to our mission of preservation & conservation.  

Facebook New London Harbor Light   reports the latest on NL Harbor 'Pequot' Light and about American lighthouse preservation activities.
 
Facebook Race Rock Lighthouse posts news concerning Race Rock Light and international lighthouse tourism & preservation efforts.

Facebook page Lighthouse Inn, New London keeps up with developments at that beloved landmark. We also post events of local interest.

Go to facebook Long Island Sound Lighthouses Gateway, our newest page, to learn more about lighthouse happenings in the region.

Find your lighthouse is a facebook page for lighthouse events & news world-wide.

Facebook Custom House MUSEUM SHOP , right, to see what's new. The MUSEUM SHOP is open Wednesday through Sunday, between 1 and 5 PM, or by appointment. You don't need a museum ticket to get in.   

Below, thanks to Jim Diaz, the portico roof has been reflashed and front flagpole repainted. Meanwhile, Russ DeMarco and Rob Pittaway replaced our roof-top American flag..

Have a sparkling day!

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