Newport, Rhode Island in the summer is a magical place, Jeff.

It is, the beaches, the restaurants, the boats.

Oh, and speaking of boats, we're standing on the southeastern shore, Brenton Cove, and Newport Harbor.

There's boats everywhere.

Yeah, there sure are. There's countless sailboats. They're anchored all around the harbor.

And we're standing by a pier that leads out to a yacht club. We can see old

Fort Adams off to our left there across the cove and over there is the

haunted Rose Island Lighthouse over there by the bridge. Beautiful area.

Oh, it's a pretty spot for sure. So Newport has always been a busy and important

harbor for boats and ships. That's been true for centuries. Though today that building

at the end of the pier is a yacht club, it was once a lighthouse. A lighthouse was home to a hero. A hero named Ida Lewis. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger.

And I'm Ray Ozier.

Welcome to episode 356 of the New England Legends podcast.

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Okay, now the name of the yacht club makes more sense.

Right.

Across the top of the archway that leads to the long pier out to the small island says

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