# @stauglighthouse on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7cfnru28q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30756683-stauglighthouse-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-21T20:21:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** St. Augustine Lighthouse & MM (@stauglighthouse) — https://gondola.cc/stauglighthouse

## Caption

THEN & NOW! May is Historic Preservation Month. 

During World War II, the United States Coast Guard was in the Department of the Navy and the men and women, called SPARS, wore a navy uniform. At the Light Station, men kept watch at the top and lived in a small barracks building on the Lighthouse property. Anastasia Islanders lived in black out conditions, as U-boats patrolled the coast. 

📸: Photos show the U.S. Coast Guard Barracks during World War II and today. View artifacts in a WWII exhibit in the building, which is included in admission at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum. 

#staugustinelighthouse #historicpreservation #preservationmonth #savingplaces #WWII 
#staugustine #florida #ushistory #worldhistory #museum #maritimemuseum #florida #floridahistory #coastguard

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historicpreservation, preservationmonth, wwii, staugustinelighthouse, coastguard, savingplaces, floridahistory, museum, maritimemuseum, florida, worldhistory, ushistory, staugustine

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