Celebrate National Lighthouse Weekend

The community is invited to join in celebrating National Lighthouse Weekend on Saturday, August 3, and Sunday, August 4, 2024, at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park in Piney Point.

The museum and lighthouse will be open from 10am to 5pm for tours.

At Piney Point, visitors can explore the museum grounds and celebrate the oldest lighthouse on the Potomac with tours of the Piney Point lighthouse tower, Keeper’s Quarters, Potomac River Maritime Exhibit featuring full sized workboats, and two floors of exhibitions in the Main Museum building. While admission and tours are offered free of charge this weekend only, donations are greatly appreciated to support the museum.

National Lighthouse Day, designated by Congress on August 7, 1989, is the anniversary of the signing of the congressional act “for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers” and the date of the first commissioned Federal lighthouse.

For more information, call the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum at 301-994-1471 or visit www.facebook.com/1836Light.