posted 02-04-1999 10:55 AM            

jakescol
posted 01-26-99 09:26 PM Eastern Time Zone
"Okay then how about Baranof"s Castle at Sitka. It was Alaska's first lighted navigational aid. It was a simple torch inside the cupola. It was also on Castle Hill that the Russians and Americans held a small ceremony that turned Alaska over to us for a mere 7.2 Million. It was on Castle hill, Sitka, Alaska, on October 18, 1867 that the Russian flag was lowered and the Stars and Stripes was raised in its place. Here we have a great combination of a very early primitive navigational aid, and the significant raising of the US Flag. They seemed to go hand in hand. Would any one out there vote to have the flag flying in front of this and having it be a special piece?
P.S. BY, I would gladly go with you, as your employee, to photograph this location and obtain old photos. with the flag flying in front of it."

If you ever get a chance to do the Inside Passage cruise, do it. It is a awsome trip including the passing by of some of the lighthouses along the way and usually a stop in Sitka. Sitka is full of all kinds of history.