13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Old Scituate Lighthouse at Sunset
During the War of 1812, as the story goes, two daughters of the Scituate lighthouse-keeper, Rebecca and Abigail Bates, played their instruments loudly. Offshore, the British thought it was the town militia preparing a defense and so they retreated.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 07.2015 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2015 |
| Photo Location: | Scituate, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Camera: | COOLPIX P530 |
| Copyright: | © Gideon Klionsky |