Amelia Island Lighthouse at Blue Hour-Fernandina Beach Florida
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Amelia Island Lighthouse at Blue Hour-Fernandina Beach Florida
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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"In 1802, a resolution of the Georgia General Assembly ceded jurisdiction of six acres on the southern tip of Cumberland Island to the U.S. Government for lighthouse purposes. At that time, this parcel was the southernmost site on the U.S. Atlantic coast, as Florida was back under Spanish rule, after the British left. It took eighteen years before Winslow Lewis built a lighthouse on Cumberland Island in 1820. In the interim, Congress had outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808. Given the proximity of Amelia Island to the Southern States, it soon became a major black market dealing in slaves and was home to scores of smugglers, drunkards, and prostitutes. The United States eventually stepped in and took control of the island in 1819, and in 1821 Spain officially ceded Florida to the United States." (lighthousefriends.com)
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July 15th, 2015
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