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Visit This Victorian Lighthouse in Southern California for Free

Lighthouses can capture people’s imaginations like few other buildings do.
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Visit This Victorian Lighthouse in Southern California for Free
The Point Fermin Lighthouse was built in 1874 and was the first navigational light used in the Los Angeles harbor. Mrsanpedro/Dreamstime/TNS
Tom Margenau
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By Marla Jo Fisher From The Orange County Register

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Lighthouses can capture people’s imaginations like few other buildings do, perhaps because they bring to mind images of lonely lightkeepers, rocky cliffs, crashing waves, and lamps piercing the darkness during a storm.

Tom Margenau
Tom Margenau
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Tom Margenau worked for 32 years in a variety of positions for the Social Security Administration before retiring in 2005. He has served as the director of SSA’s public information office, the chief editor of more than 100 SSA publications, a deputy press officer and spokesman, and a speechwriter for the commissioner of Social Security. For 12 years, he also wrote Social Security columns for local newspapers, and recently published the book “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” If you have a Social Security question, contact him at [email protected]