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Film: Rhode Island's Historic Lighthouses

Explore Rhode Island's historic lighthouses with a 47-minute documentary followed by a "sneak peek" film trailer for America's Forgotten Heroine: Ida Lewis, Keeper of the Light.

This event is a fundraiser for the Ida Lewis documentary -- ow 70% complete -- which will restore Ida's proper place in history as this country's most famous lighthouse keeper.

Meet Marian Gagnon, the Ida Lewis filmmaker, Jim Karpeichik, producer of Rhode Island's Historic Lighthouses and Lenore Skomal, author of "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida Lewis."  

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