Digest>Mar/Apr 2018

Photo Caption:

This circa 1860s stereoview image shows Ida Lewis in front the lighthouse on Lime Rock, Rhode Island. She received the gold Congressional medal for Lifesaving after rescuing two soldiers in a snowstorm in 1869. (Author’s Collection)
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Story:

Will the Real Ida Lewis Please Stand Up?
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