Historical Marker
Keeping the Light for 114 Years
Historical marker location:
120 Nauset Beach Rd, Orleans, Massachusetts
( Marker is on Nauset Light Beach Rd, 0.2 miles north of Cable Rd, on the right when traveling south.)
Nauset Lighthouse.
The famous poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the story of Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists of British troop movements. While the poem is a beloved part of American history, it contains many inaccuracies.