The History of Scituate Light
Below this dome
The earthy place
Lies a stone lighthouse
Sturdy standing in place
Across the waters it does face
Brought to birth at 1810
She’s been there for years
As fishermen left their piers
Guiding ships and boats
Safety is what she promotes
During the war of 1812
British war ship came town
Bringing to many a frown
They plundered and buried many New England
Vessels
Here in this Scituate town that nestles
The lighthouse keeper sent out a shot
From the cannon with loud drama on the spot
The angered British captain then departed
Back home he had charted
Later in years in need of repairs
And towns peoples sneers
To the crumbling of stairs
In 1855 the lighthouse received a Fresnel lens
And then
Minot’s ledge light was lighted on November 15.1860
Situate light was changed in a jiffy
The lights went black
And so the growth of sea wrack
Then in the government hauled
In 1924 an automatic light was installed
No lighthouse keeper was needed
And so it proceeded
Throughout the plans
The light changed hands
And at times lay their abandon
In 1956 an Italian freighter ran aground
Laying next to the lighthouse mound
In 1994 the lighthouse was brought back
Once more
A part of the historic society for all to adore
Where it remains lit on Situate shores
Copyright © Laura Mckenzie | Year Posted 2008
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