Wildfires, drought, sea level rise, more frequent and intense storms, and warming oceans are sometimes destroying and occasionally improving or allowing cultural resources to emerge at national park units.
Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.
1886: Former lightkeeper at Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas and Inspector of Customs at Key West Benjamin H. Kerr killed himself after having grown increasingly despondent over a cancer
A Cuban migrant who jumped overboard during an attempt to reach the Florida Keys spent nearly 24 hours in the water before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.