As you may already know, Massachusetts has quite the rich history. The state has several landmarks that date back centuries, some of those even before the U.S. even became a country. The Bay State has its fair share of lighthouses as well. But did you know that Massachusetts oldest lighthouse was not just the first in the state, but also the very first lighthouse in the U.S.?
Perhaps it isn’t the sexiest piece of history when it comes to the U.S., or Massachusetts for that matter. But make no mistake, in the early 1700s, Boston had the busiest port in North America as Great Britain was trading manufactured goods for Colonial America’s raw materials.
At the time, there needed to be something that guided trading ships to the port and with this, a light turned on the notion of a lighthouse being built to do just that (pun intended). It would be the very first lighthouse in Massachusetts, thus becoming the first in the country, as well. It was Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor…