{"id":385597,"date":"2026-08-30T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385597\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:44:16","slug":"community-first-national-lighthouse-day-celebration-beachcombings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385597\/","title":{"rendered":"Community-first National Lighthouse Day celebration | BeachCombings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos by Keith Spurlock<\/p>\n

On a windy and sunny August afternoon, the Key Biscayne community gathered to celebrate National Lighthouse Day and the iconic Cape Florida Lighthouse, the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n

The event, organized by the Friends of Cape Florida organization, celebrated some of the park\u2019s volunteers as well as donors, partners and supporters and featured lighthouse tours, the new Keeper’s Cottage Museum, VR experiences, the Bill Baggs HoloPOD, Poetry, Family Art Activities, Music, refreshments and more!<\/p>\n

Visit friendscapeflorida.org<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n


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\"Cape<\/p>\n

The Cape Chronicles winners at the event.<\/p>\n

\"Alexandra<\/p>\n

Alexandra Holiday and 5000-hour Volunteer Joe Lehman.<\/p>\n

\"Alexandra<\/p>\n

Alexandra Holiday with Park Volunteers Katherine Belcher & Heather Motschenbacher.<\/p>\n

\"Christina<\/p>\n

Christina Bracken & Joan Gill Blanc.<\/p>\n

\"Debbie<\/p>\n

\"FOCF<\/p>\n

FOCF Education Chair Eliza Mross.<\/p>\n

\"Park<\/p>\n

Park Service Specialists Heather Smith, Alexandra Holiday, and Andrea Sandoval with park volunteers.<\/p>\n

\"Tracy<\/p>\n

Tracy Ellis, Joan Gill Blanc, Debbie Wanninkhof, and Prudence Gill.<\/p>\n

\"Jimena<\/p>\n

Jimena Gutierrez Gratteri with Board Member Eliza Mross.<\/p>\n

\"Xiomara<\/p>\n

Xiomara Cort\u00e9s, Noris Montaner Rey, and Mariella Alejandra Oliva.<\/p>\n

\"014-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

\"031-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

\"097-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

\"205-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

\"Artists<\/p>\n

The Artists Table at the Lighthouse Day celebration.<\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/p>\n

Cape Chronicles & National Lighthouse Day.<\/p>\n

\"Family<\/p>\n

A local family enjoying the event.<\/p>\n

\"FOCF<\/p>\n

FOCF President Christina Bracken, Board Membe Eliza Mross, and Jimena Gutierrez Gratteri.<\/p>\n

\"NLHD<\/p>\n

A look at the Cape Florida lighthouse decorated for National Lighthouse Day.<\/p>\n

\"Preference<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Justo Rey with Noris Montaner Rey.<\/p>\n

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\"Cape<\/p>\n

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The Cape Chronicles winners at the event.<\/p>\n

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\"Alexandra<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Holiday and 5000-hour Volunteer Joe Lehman.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"Alexandra<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexandra Holiday with Park Volunteers Katherine Belcher & Heather Motschenbacher.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"Christina<\/p>\n

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Christina Bracken & Joan Gill Blanc.<\/p>\n

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\"Debbie<\/p>\n

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\"FOCF<\/p>\n

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FOCF Education Chair Eliza Mross.<\/p>\n

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\"Park<\/p>\n

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Park Service Specialists Heather Smith, Alexandra Holiday, and Andrea Sandoval with park volunteers.<\/p>\n

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\"Tracy<\/p>\n

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Tracy Ellis, Joan Gill Blanc, Debbie Wanninkhof, and Prudence Gill.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"Jimena<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Jimena Gutierrez Gratteri with Board Member Eliza Mross.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"Xiomara<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Xiomara Cort\u00e9s, Noris Montaner Rey, and Mariella Alejandra Oliva.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"014-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"031-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"097-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"205-Lighthouse<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Artists<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The Artists Table at the Lighthouse Day celebration.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Cape Chronicles & National Lighthouse Day.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Family<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

A local family enjoying the event.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"FOCF<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

FOCF President Christina Bracken, Board Membe Eliza Mross, and Jimena Gutierrez Gratteri.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"NLHD<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

A look at the Cape Florida lighthouse decorated for National Lighthouse Day.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"Preference<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

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Justo Rey with Noris Montaner Rey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos by Keith Spurlock On a windy and sunny August afternoon, the Key Biscayne community gathered to celebrate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[38923,154495,46509,17385,37822,126,123,125,124,99261,121983,154493,154494],"class_list":["post-385597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-beachcombings","tag-cape-florida-lighthouse","tag-christina-bracken","tag-friends-of-cape-florida","tag-justo-rey","tag-key-biscayne","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-michael-bracken","tag-michele-estevez","tag-national-lighthouse-day","tag-national-lighthouse-day-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}