St. Simons Island Lighthouse

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The lighthouse on St. Simons Island, pictured during a fireworks display in 1989, replaced the island's original lighthouse, which was dynamited by Confederate troops in 1862 as they retreated from Union forces. The occupying Union troops used the island as a camp for freedpeople.

Courtesy of Coastal Georgia Historical Society.

St. Simons Island Lighthouse

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