Lights of the Lakes for Historical Societies

Are you looking for interesting speakers to entertain and educate your members?
Consider Lights of the Lakes!

Members of the Winneconne, WI Historical Society enjoy Lights of the Lakes

Lights of the Lakes is an engaging visual tour of Great Lakes lighthouses. Your members will learn how these historic structures provided safety, security, reliability, and protection to mariners in the past. They will photographically visit over 60 different lighthouses, learn how they work, learn about the shipwrecks that occurred when they failed, and much more.

Roadside Promotional Sign – Historic Allouez Society

Lights of the Lakes is very popular with historical societies, museums, community organizations, and anyone with an interest in Great Lakes maritime history. Presented to over 7,000 people to date, Lights of the Lakes consists of over 200 photographs, including striking portraits of over 60 different Great Lakes Lighthouses. It is accompanied by music and sound effects.

Online Program Announcement – Richfield Historical Society

What do sponsors say about Lights of the Lakes?

“The slides you used were excellent and illustrated your lecture very well. The audience really enjoyed your presentation, judging from the reaction and response. Your materials on display, and the music, added a great deal to the presentation.”
― WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Madison

“The Hales Corners Historical Society presented a program, “Lights of the Lakes,” by Phillip Block. Our audience was transfixed, and afterwards, asked more questions than any program before. On behalf of our Society, I can most assuredly recommend “Lights of the Lakes” as a HIT-storical program for any organization.”  – President, Hales Corners Historical Society
― HALES CORNERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Alan J. Strekow, president of the Hales Corners Historical Society, went on to say:

“On February 7th, the Hales Corners Historical Society presented a program, Lights of the Lakes, by Phillip Block, featuring lighthouses on Lakes Superior and Michigan. Our Society schedules four programs annually with a focus on Wisconsin history. With only a few exceptions, our speakers have provided photos, illustrations, maps, etc. using laptops with PowerPoint technology.

Mr. Block was the first to incorporate music and even the foghorns of ships and lighthouses. Phil’s knowledge of the subject was incredible. A majority of the photos used in the program were taken by Phil on location, and many of these lighthouses are difficult to reach. His research allowed him to show previous photos of these locations for comparison purposes. In addition, Phil’s narration provided details on lighthouse construction and their technology as well as insights into the various industries that depended on the lighthouses to help them ship their products safely across the Great Lakes.

Our audience was transfixed, and afterwards, asked more questions than any program before. On behalf of our Society, I can most assuredly recommend Lights of the Lakes as a HIT-storical program for any organization.”