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The nation's last official lighthouse keeper retires this week

For 20 years, Sally Snowman has kept watch over Boston Light, which first illuminated Boston Harbor in 1716. She's the country's last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper and is retiring at the end of 2023.

[Copyright 2023 NPR]

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