Yes, it’s lighthouse time again. See if you can find the location of this gem, sitting just above dunes somewhere. Understand that there are 779 standing lighthouse in all, in 50 states, so we may get readers sending in more to identify. Send your idea to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Kay Montgomery, Duluth, was first in identifying the “sculpture of Annie Moore, the first immigrant at Ellis Island, N.Y. Another stature of her and her two brothers is outside of the Heritage Centre, in County Cork, Ireland, Irish Republic. Mike and I went to Ireland in 2016 and went to County Cork.” The previous Mystery Photo came from Chuck Paul of Norcross.
Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill added: “Annie is memorialized because she was the first immigrant to the U.S. to pass through the Ellis Island facility in New York. Annie’s parents had left for New York the year before so she and her brothers joined them there. The Irish American Cultural Institute presents an annual Annie Moore Award “to an individual who has made significant contributions to the Irish and/or Irish American community and legacy.”
Others getting this photo identified include George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Steve Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Molly Titus, Peachtree Corners; Ann Serrie, Lawrenceville; Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville, who wrote: “There are two statues of Anne Moore, the one with her two brothers at the Cobh Heritage Center in Ireland and the second statue is just her with her suitcase at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration in New York. Both statues are done by the Irish artist, Jeanne Rynhart.”
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
Partaking in the 191st Lawrenceville Methodist Camp Meeting
Sitting around, talking with neighbors, and enjoying food, is one of the key parts of life at a Camp Meeting, as Lawrenceville Methodist have put on since 1832. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp made these photographs from this week’s 191st annual meeting.
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