Moment of silence
ATLANTIC OCEAN- (June 20, 2007) Chief Warrant Officer Paul Dilger (LEFT), commanding officer of cutter Abbie Burgess, stands alongside divers from the Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team for a moment of silence around the memorial plaque honoring the fallen lightkeepers of the original Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse. On the third day of the archaeological survey of the remnants of the former lighthouse, the plaque was laid on the sea floor to memorialize lightkeepers Joseph Antoine and Joseph Wilson who lost their lives the day the lighthouse collapsed into the sea in 1851, just one year after its construction. The plaque was dedicated by the Foundation for Coast Guard History. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Etta Smith)

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