I was lucky enough to visit the lighthouse at Cape May, NJ a couple months ago. Having a retired Coast Guard member in our family, we try to catch the lighthouses we may pass along the way. It happened to be a Sunday night and as we were walking around, we saw a group of Mennonites in the parking lot. A friend of mine mentioned this at the gift shop at the base of the lighthouse and discovered that their being there was not uncommon. Apparently, on selected Sunday nights, at sunset, they fill the stairway of the lighthouse and sing hymns. The acoustics of the lighthouse carry and fill the lighthouse with sound.
Although we were not lucky enough to hear their evensong, I hope we'll be a part of this one day.
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