This is a thing we sailed by one afternoon. It's called 'The Monument' and it's on Little Mark's Island at the end of Harpswell Sound. In the old days people sailed in wooden boats that had no engines. Just the wind blew them around. Sometimes they wrecked their boats. When they fell into the water they could drown or die from the cold. The water in Maine is VERY cold! So the people of this town went out and put blankets and food on this island in case someone wrecked their boat. If they wrecked they could swim to the island and use the food and blankets until someone from the town came to rescue them. They put up this tower to tell the sailors the stuff was here.
Here's a picture of me at the helm as we sailed by. Angel Jen wanted to take a picture to prove I was working. See the yellow life vest? I wear it all the time when I'm on the boat. It makes me safer if I were to fall into the water.I hope it doesn't make me look fat! ('No, honey', says Angel Jen. 'It's your FAT BELLY that makes you look fat.')
The lighthouse is owned by Jamie Wyeth who is the son of Andrew Wyeth who is the son of N.C. Wyeth.
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