In the Park After Dark: Fireside Chat with Neil Hurley

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Name: In the Park After Dark: Fireside Chat with Neil Hurley
Date: July 16, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Event Description:
IN THE PARK AFTER DARK FIRESIDE CHAT WITH NEIL HURLEY
Fun with Lighthouse Lamps, Burners, Reflectors and Lenses
July 16 @ 6:30pm at the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage
 

We are delighted to welcome back retired Coast Guard Commander Neil Hurley for an informal talk and demonstration of some of the equipment used to light Cape Florida Lighthouse during its 200-year-long history.

Producing the best light at the least cost made lighting lighthouses an important field of scientific development in the 1800’s. Neil will enlighten you with some of the historic “state of the art” equipment and principles used at Cape Florida.

Neil served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 23 years, with tours of duty on both a Coast Guard buoy tender servicing lighthouses on the Great Lakes and in the Miami, Florida District Coast Guard Office responsible for aids to navigation in the southeastern United States.

His work grew into a hobby of researching the history of Florida lighthouses and numerous books, magazine articles and talks.

His expertise and passion for lighthouse history is spectacular. Neil is also the project lead who secured funding and organized efforts to replace the windows of Cape Florida Lighthouse.

His enthusiasm and support for preserving our historic lighthouse is deeply appreciated.
 
Bring your folding chair and a reusable cup! (We have some, but bring your own if you can).
Enjoy free refreshments and light bites!

FREE EVENT for members with park entry fee. $10 for non-members

RSVP: Events@FriendsCapeFlorida.org

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Friends of Cape Florida, Inc.
1200 S. Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida Sate Park at the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage
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Fees/Admission:
FREE EVENT for members with park entry fee. $10 for non-members
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