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In 2003, the active duty Coast Guard personnel that had been assigned to Boston Light on Little Brewster Island, America\u2019s oldest light station, were reassigned to meet the needs of Homeland Security. Sally Snowman was named the new keeper. She became the first woman keeper in Boston Light\u2019s long history, which dates back to 1716.\n\n\n\nSally Snowman (U.S. Postal Service photo by Dan Afzal)\n\n\n\nBoston Light Station, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont\n\n\n\nAfter 20 years as keeper, Sally recently announced her retirement, effective at the end of this month. Boston Light is in the process of being transferred to a suitable new steward, which most likely will be the National Park Service. The job of Boston Light keeper is ending with Sally, meaning it\u2019s the end of 234 years of lighthouse keepers employed by the federal government.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSally and her husband Jay Thompson have written two books: Boston Light: A Historical Perspective, published in 1999, and a book on Boston Light for Arcadia Publishing\u2019s Images of America series in 2016. In 2018, for perpetuating our nation\u2019s time-honored light keeping heritage, the American Lighthouse Foundation presented Sally Snowman with a Keeper of the Light\xa0award.