Presentations by Jeremy D'Entremont
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Looking for a guest speaker for your museum, organization, or social club? Jeremy D'Entremont, author, photographer, maritime historian, and webmaster of this site is available to provide an exciting presentation on lighthouses or other maritime subjects. Jeremy's presentations combine historic and new photos, film clips, and audio clips.
Jeremy D'Entremont has been called the leading expert on New England's historic lighthouses. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including The Lighthouses of Maine, The Lighthouses of Massachusetts, The Lighthouses of Rhode Island, The Lighthouses of Connecticut, Great Shipwrecks of the Maine Coast, The Lighthouse Handbook: New England, All About Nubble Light, and Ocean-Born Mary: The Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend.
Jeremy is the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, former president of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses. He has appeared on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, Public Television, and National Public Radio speaking about lighthouses and other subjects. He also produces and hosts a podcast called Light Hearted for the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
For New Hampshire venues, Jeremy's presentations "New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them" and "Historic Lighthouses and Keepers of New Hampshire and Southern Maine" are available through New Hampshire Humanities' "Humanities to Go" program. Click here for more information. (NOTE - As of April 7, 2025, NH Humanities is faced with major funding cuts, so new applications for programs are not being accepted at this time.)
The following lectures are available:
The Lighthouses of New England and the People Who Kept Them
Historic Lighthouses and Keepers of the New Hampshire Seacoast and Southern Maine
Lighthouses of New Hampshire
Lighthouses of Casco Bay
Boston Light: Three Centuries of History
Lighthouses of Boston's North Shore
The Flying Santa of the Lighthouses
Also available is "Ocean-Born Mary: the Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend," related to Jeremy's book of the same title.
Most presentations run about 45-75 minutes, but the length can be tailored to fit your needs. The standard fee for a presentation is $300 plus a travel allowance for venues more than 30 miles from Portsmouth, NH.
Jeremy D'Entremont has been called the leading expert on New England's historic lighthouses. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including The Lighthouses of Maine, The Lighthouses of Massachusetts, The Lighthouses of Rhode Island, The Lighthouses of Connecticut, Great Shipwrecks of the Maine Coast, The Lighthouse Handbook: New England, All About Nubble Light, and Ocean-Born Mary: The Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend.
Jeremy is the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, former president of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses. He has appeared on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, Public Television, and National Public Radio speaking about lighthouses and other subjects. He also produces and hosts a podcast called Light Hearted for the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
For New Hampshire venues, Jeremy's presentations "New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them" and "Historic Lighthouses and Keepers of New Hampshire and Southern Maine" are available through New Hampshire Humanities' "Humanities to Go" program. Click here for more information. (NOTE - As of April 7, 2025, NH Humanities is faced with major funding cuts, so new applications for programs are not being accepted at this time.)
The following lectures are available:
The Lighthouses of New England and the People Who Kept Them
Historic Lighthouses and Keepers of the New Hampshire Seacoast and Southern Maine
Lighthouses of New Hampshire
Lighthouses of Casco Bay
Boston Light: Three Centuries of History
Lighthouses of Boston's North Shore
The Flying Santa of the Lighthouses
Also available is "Ocean-Born Mary: the Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend," related to Jeremy's book of the same title.
Most presentations run about 45-75 minutes, but the length can be tailored to fit your needs. The standard fee for a presentation is $300 plus a travel allowance for venues more than 30 miles from Portsmouth, NH.
Photo by John Whalen
"The Kittery Historical and Naval Society thanks you for an interesting and informative presentation. We learned so much about the lives and trials of lighthouse keepers. It was fascinating!" - Kittery Historical and Naval Society.
"I overheard some comments from folks on how much their enjoyed your photos and talk, so I would call the afternoon a huge success." - Maine Mayflower Society.
"The presentation was outstanding -- much fascinating information about the area lighthouses . . . Such comments as 'great photography and commentary' were recorded." - Seacoast Christian Women's Connection.
"Thank you so much for making the trip to give your amazing presentation at the Athol Public Library. People are still talking about it. It was a pleasure working with you." - Athol Public Library.
"Your presentation to the Landfall Sailing Club was a spectacular success. Weeks afterwards members are talking about it and about you. You are a master of your subject; your photography is artful, and you have a rich speaking voice." - Landfall Sailing Club.
"Everyone loved it!" - Groton Senior Center.
"Thank you again for your excellent presentation. The written comments as reflected on the audience evaluations and verbal comments received by me were overwhelmingly positive. The audience enjoyed your history and research not only on the lighthouses but the people as well. Your slides were beautiful." - Durham Newcomers.
"One of the best put on by the humanities – I’d even go again. Held your interest 100%." - Kimball Library, Atkinson, NH
"I overheard some comments from folks on how much their enjoyed your photos and talk, so I would call the afternoon a huge success." - Maine Mayflower Society.
"The presentation was outstanding -- much fascinating information about the area lighthouses . . . Such comments as 'great photography and commentary' were recorded." - Seacoast Christian Women's Connection.
"Thank you so much for making the trip to give your amazing presentation at the Athol Public Library. People are still talking about it. It was a pleasure working with you." - Athol Public Library.
"Your presentation to the Landfall Sailing Club was a spectacular success. Weeks afterwards members are talking about it and about you. You are a master of your subject; your photography is artful, and you have a rich speaking voice." - Landfall Sailing Club.
"Everyone loved it!" - Groton Senior Center.
"Thank you again for your excellent presentation. The written comments as reflected on the audience evaluations and verbal comments received by me were overwhelmingly positive. The audience enjoyed your history and research not only on the lighthouses but the people as well. Your slides were beautiful." - Durham Newcomers.
"One of the best put on by the humanities – I’d even go again. Held your interest 100%." - Kimball Library, Atkinson, NH
Upcoming presentations:
May 15, 2025, at 7 p.m. "New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them" at Milford (NH) Town Hall
May 19, 2025, at 7 p.m. "Historic Lighthouses of New Hampshire and Southern Maine" at Riverwoods Exeter
May 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. "New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them" at the Somersworth (NH) Public Library
May 24, 2025, at 2 p.m. - Ceremony honoring Keeper Ida Lewis at the Common Ground Cemetery in Newport, RI
May 28, 2025, at 6 p.m. "Lighthouses of Casco Bay" at the South Portland (ME) Public Library
September 6-13, 2025 - Co-leader of tour of Cape Cod lighthouses for the U.S. Lighthouse Society
September 24-27 - Will be speaking about doing a lighthouse podcast at the National Maritime Heritage Conference in Buffalo, NY
October 3, 2025 - (time to be announced) - "Lighthouses of Southern Maine" at the Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA
May 19, 2025, at 7 p.m. "Historic Lighthouses of New Hampshire and Southern Maine" at Riverwoods Exeter
May 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. "New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them" at the Somersworth (NH) Public Library
May 24, 2025, at 2 p.m. - Ceremony honoring Keeper Ida Lewis at the Common Ground Cemetery in Newport, RI
May 28, 2025, at 6 p.m. "Lighthouses of Casco Bay" at the South Portland (ME) Public Library
September 6-13, 2025 - Co-leader of tour of Cape Cod lighthouses for the U.S. Lighthouse Society
September 24-27 - Will be speaking about doing a lighthouse podcast at the National Maritime Heritage Conference in Buffalo, NY
October 3, 2025 - (time to be announced) - "Lighthouses of Southern Maine" at the Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA
Here are some of the venues where Jeremy D'Entremont has appeared:
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California
Museum of Monterey Torrance Public Library New York Albany Institute of Art & Science Connecticut Green Light Academy, Danbury Faulkner's Light Brigade, Guilford American Association of University Women, Clinton Essex Public Library Ben's Lighthouse Fund, Newtown Canterbury Historical Society Fairfield Museum and History Center Rhode Island Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association, Jamestown Jamestown Philomenian Library Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Newport Maury Loontjens Library, Narragansett Weaver Public Library, East Providence Little Compton Garden Club Bristol Yacht Club Massachusetts Friends of Plum Island Lighthouse Nauset Newcomers, Wellfleet Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown Dennis Public Library Wenham Museum Ipswich Public Library Beverly Public Library Nahant Historical Society Salem Maritime National Historic Site Medford Public Library Forbush Library, Westminster Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library Milton Public Library Storrs Library, Longmeadow Stoneham Historical Society Charlton Public Library Fitchburg State University Hopedale Public Library Haverhill Women's City Club Amesbury Public Library Groton Senior Center Groton Public Library Billerica Public Library Nichols Village, Groveland Swampscott Yacht Club Marblehead Power Squadron Lynn Historical Society Flint Memorial Library, North Reading Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Cape Cod Maritime Museum Manchester-by-the-Sea Library Newbury Town Library Medford Historical Society Chelmsford Public Library PITA Hall, Newburyport North Andover Senior Center |
Massachusetts cont.
Wilmington Memorial Library Newburyport Public Library Rockport Historical Society Thacher Island Association, Rockport Custom House Maritime Museum, Newburyport Scituate Historical Society Winthrop Rotary Club Winthrop Historical Society Hull Lifesaving Museum Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands Old South Meeting House, Boston Sharon Adult Center South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell Tewksbury Public Library Wilmington Public Library Reuben Hoar Library, Littleton Linden Ponds, Hingham Brooksby Village, Peabody Haverhill Public Library Emerson College, Boston Nichols Village, Groveland Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, Nantucket First Baptist Church, Beverly Lynnfield Historical Society Reading Public Library Vineyard Haven Public Library Athol Public Library Friends of Belle Isle Marsh Hudson Public Library Peabody Institute Library, Danvers Huntington Public Library Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Trinity Chapel, Shirley Topsfield Historical Society Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Essex Shipbuilding Museum Walpole Public Library Oxford Free Public Library Pelagic Sailing Club, Boston Landfall Sailing Club, Hingham Wellesley Postcomers Leominster Public Library U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston Saugus Public Library Reuben Hoar Library, Littleton Rowley Public Library Bethany Community Services, Haverhill Fitch Home, Melrose Falmouth Encore Club Manchester-by-the-Sea Public library Peabody Institute Library, Danvers Somerset Club, Boston Orleans Senior Center Tales of Old Cape Cod, Barnstable University of Massachusetts at Lowell Ashland Public Library Camellia Gardens, Maynard Weston Public Library Central MA Genealogical Society New Bedford Whaling Museum Lunenberg Public Library |
New Hampshire
Leach Library, Londonderry Nashua Public Library Plaistow Public Library Portsmouth Historical Society Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth Yacht Club Steppingstones (Krempels Brain Injury Foundation), Portsmouth New Castle Public Library New Castle Historical Society New Castle Congregational Church Madbury Historical Society Seacoast Christian Women's Connection, Hampton Henniker Historical Society Kiwanis Club of the Seacoast North Hampton Public Library Isles of Shoals Historical & Research Association Durham Public Library Wiggin Memorial Library, Stratham Seacoast Science Center, Rye Moultonborough Public Library Hooksett Public Library Whipple Free Library, New Boston Sandown Public LIbrary Hampstead Public Library Fremont Public Library Riverwoods @ The Boulders, Exeter Hampton Rotary Club Portsmouth Rotary Club Epsom Public Library Centennial Senior Center, Concord Lane Memorial Library, Hampton Nesmith Library, Windham Old Town Hall Museum, Salem Kimball Library, Atkinson Smyth Library, Candia KRI Center for Consciousness, Stratham Fuller Public LIbrary, Hillsborough Dudley-Tucker Library, Raymond Gundalow Company, Portsmouth Fiske Free Library, Claremont Nashua Historical Society Meredith Public Library Rodgers Memorial Library, Hudson Havenwood Heritage Heights, Concord Whipple Free Library, New Boston Holderness Free Library Wilton Public Library Daland Memorial Library, Mont Vernon Bixby Library, Francestown New Hampton Historical Society Brookline Public Library Hollis Woman's Club Freedom Historical Society Albacore Historic Park Lee Historical Society Sandown Public Library Fitzwilliam Town Library Hall Memorial Library, Northfield Eastman Center, Grantham Havenwood, Concord Delta Dental, Concord Newbury Public Library Young at Heart, Bow |
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Belknap Sportsmens Club, Gilford Newton Historical Society Residence at Salem Woods Auburn Historical Association Bristol Historical Society Chesterfield Library Deerfield Town Hall Golden View Health Care, Meredith Marion Gerrish Community Center, Derry Amoskeag Mills Questers Paul Memorial Library, Newfields Blaisdell Memorial Library, Nottingham Exeter Public Library Foss Library, Barnstead Center Harbor Historical Society Unity Town Hall Woodlands Retirement Community New Hampshire Veterans Home, Tilton Campton Historical Society Wentworth Senior Living, Portsmouth Rye Public Library Rye Recreation Madbury Public Library Association of Retired Employees of Northeast Utilities Portsmouth Country Club, Greenland Durham Community Church Dover Public Library East Kingston Public Library Litchfield Public Library Portsmouth Women's Club Chichester Public Library Merrimack Public Library Manchester Public Library Weeks Library, Greenland Riverwoods at Durham Rochester Public Library Pelham Public Library Sunapee Seniors Stratham Historical Society Tuftonboro Hikers Club Tuftonboro Library Windham Women's Service Club New Durham Public Library Sunapee Arts Association Somersworth Public Library Goffstown Public LIbrary Goffstown Historical Society Bedford Women's Club Dull Men's Club, Portsmouth Maine Kittery Historical and Naval Museum Kittery Lions Club Old Berwick Historical Society, South Berwick Maine Maritime Museum, Bath Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland Kennebunkport Historical Society Maine Historical Society, Portland Maine Mayflower Society, Auburn Portland Harbor Museum, South Portland South Portland Historical Society Wells Public Library Friendship Historical Society Owls Head Transportation Museum University of New England, Biddeford West Quoddy Head Light Keeper's Association Yarmouth Historical Society Diamond Cove, Great Diamond Island Kittery Rotary Club North Gorham Public Library Kittery Community Center Meetinghouse Village, Kittery Rice Public Library, Kittery York County Community College, Wells Kittery Adult Education Old York Historical Society Kennebunk Free Library Focus244 Gallery, York |