Gorham Rowell, newly married, came to Owls Head Light Station to work as a lighthouse keeper in 1974. He moved in with his wife at the time and immediately got to work.

"We were starting out in life, and it just so happened that honeymoon was a lighthouse," Rowell said.

More than 50 years later, Rowell has made another return to the lighthouse in Maine. This time, he's here with his family, celebrating the station's 200th birthday.

Stretching 30 feet from its peninsula, 100 feet from sea level, the lighthouse sits in the background as speakers representing local dignitaries, the American Lighthouse Foundation, and the U.S. Coast Guard reflect on the history of the station. Rowell is one of the former lighthouse attendants, listening and speaking.

"It sticks by you, you know? I don't th

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