Here is a detailed outline fo the festivities for Saturday for those who cannot come. The Secretary of the Inerior, Governor of Maryland, Anne Arundel County Executive, Mayor of Annapolis, Vice-Adm Commandant of the 5th USCG District, federal Regional GSA Administrator are among those from the public sector who are participating. Of those 6 titles, 5 of them are women (couldn't resist that!)
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11:00 US Naval Academy Band
11:3 Opening Ceremonies begin: Dave Gendell MC
11:31 Presentation of Colors with Color Guard
11:36 National Anthem
11:38 USCG low-level helicopter flyover
11:40 Dave Gendell welcomes – introduces Mayor
11:41 Mayor Moyer speaks: Importance of maritime heritage
11:46 Dave Gendell introduces Coast Guard representative
11:47 Coast Guard representative speaks: Importance of U.S. Coast Guard
11:53 Dave Gendell invites Mayor and C.G. representative to center stage
11:54 Mayor and C.G. representative jointly declare Festival OPEN
11:55 Dave Gendell invites dignitaries on-stage for TPL ceremony
12:00 TPL ceremony begins. Gendell introduces Mayor Moyer
12:02 Mayor Moyer introduces Congressman Ben Cardin (speaks)
12:05 Mayor Moyer introduces Governor Ehrlich (speaks)
12:08 Governor Ehrlich introduces Sec'y Norton (speaks)
12:16 Sec'y Norton introduces GSA Regional Administrator (Barbara Shelton
12:18 Ms Shelton introduces C.G. Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara (speaks)
12:21 Sec'y Norton invites Admiral Brice-O'Hara, Ms Shelton, and Mayor Moyer to join her at table for ceremonial signing of the transfer documents
12:26 Mayor Moyer, as official recipient and host of the event (speaks) and recognizes County Delegation, and introduces the Consortium accepting responsibility for TPSL
12:29 Mayor Moyer introduces Wayne Wheeler, Pres. U.S. Lighthouse Society (speaks)
12:31 Wayne Wheeler introduces Buck Buchanan (speaks)
12:33 Buck Buchanan introduces Anne Arundel County representative (speaks)
12:35 Ceremonial handover from Sec'y Norton and Admiral Brice-O'Hara to Mayor, Wheeler, Buchanan, and A.A. County representative
12:37 Photo ops – U.S. Naval Academy Band plays
I have the great opportunity Friday to join a group of preservation consultants on a trip out and INTO the lighthouse - my first! - and just a preview of what will await all by next summer!
---Sandy Clunies
Historian, Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS
