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America's Best Known Lighthouses #189423 02/17/03 06:37 PM
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Here are the nominations for America's Best Known Lighthouses.

You will have the opportunity to vote for up to 3. You are NOT voting for your favorite lighthouse or lighthouses that you have visited, but for lighthouses that you believe most Americans would recognize.

Voting ends March 31, 2003.

Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189424 02/17/03 06:49 PM
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Very good poll, John! It will be fun to see the results!


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The diamond pattern of Cape Lookout is one of the most used lighthouses in ads over the years... This is the lighthouse that I voted for that wasn't listed...


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Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189426 02/18/03 02:19 PM
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Neat poll. I didn't vote for the Statue of Liberty because I really don't think people in general know that it was once under authority of the lighthouse board. Most I believe would recognize it as a famouse "Statue".

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Think of all the folks who can recognize Alcatraz as a prison (from all the movies, etc.) and never think they're looking at a lighthouse.


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Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189428 02/18/03 06:27 PM
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I voted for Boston Light, Cape Hatteras and Portland Head. Those say AMERICA to me! laugh


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I voted for Cape Hatteras (which seems to be nearly unanimous), Portland Head, and Split Rock. For what it's worth...


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it will be interesting to see if East coast or West coast lights are more recognizable.


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Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189431 02/18/03 11:28 PM
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I think many of the majors are here, but you might consider Tybee, St. Simons, Hilton Head (for golfers), Heceta Head, Chicago Harbour, and Alcatraz as highly visable tourist attractions that are seen by a lot of people and have a lot of pictures made of them.

Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189432 02/19/03 06:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dick Johnson:
I think many of the majors are here, but you might consider Tybee, St. Simons, Hilton Head (for golfers), Heceta Head, Chicago Harbour, and Alcatraz as highly visable tourist attractions that are seen by a lot of people and have a lot of pictures made of them.
I agree Dick, but nominations were open on the Forums for a couple of weeks and those didn't come up.

Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189433 02/19/03 11:33 PM
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I must have missed that post. I was out of touch for a while, and the nominations post must have come up then.

Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189434 02/20/03 10:49 AM
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All in all....there doesn't really seem to be any real surprises except that I would have guessed that Portland Head would have been running neck & neck with Cape Hatteras. Great poll, John!!


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Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189435 03/13/03 03:42 PM
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Still a couple weeks to participate in this poll.

Re: America's Best Known Lighthouses #189436 03/14/03 11:05 AM
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I can't believe Montauk is not here plus that lighthouse in Washington or Oregon that's in all the recent movies!


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