Scituate Lighthouse & Beach and Swimming at Best Western Plus Waltham

 

Scituate Light is arguably the most iconic and beloved of our town’s landmarks. A day does not pass – summer or winter – without someone walking its perimeter and taking in the view.

In the year 1810, the U.S. Congress voted $4,000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate Harbor. The Light, of split granite blocks with a one-and-a-half-story house attached, was activated in 1811.

Captain Simeon Bates, the first keeper of Scituate Lighthouse, his wife and nine children lived at the house. During the War of 1812, Abigail and Rebecca – the young daughters of Keeper Bates – prevented the British from sacking the town. Or so it is said….

Noting the approach of two Redcoat-filled barges from a British ship of war hovering off-shore, the girls snatched a fife and drum. Hiding behind a thick cluster of cedar trees, they made such a din that the British mistook them for an entire regiment and made a hasty retreat. Abigail and Rebecca Bates have gone down in history as the fabled “American Army of Two”, the subject of many storybooks and legend.

This is probably our favorite little lighthouse.  There is a beautiful view of the Atlantic behind.

Enoch

Hannah

Sarah

Hannah with Jerry and Enoch in back

Sarah

Holly and Jerry Hansen Family 

Grandpa "swimming" with grandkids.  See my tired feet?