Aerial view of Little Brewster Island and Boston Light, 2010

Little Brewster Island with Boston Light

Little Brewster Island is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is best known as the location of Boston Light, the only remaining Coast Guard-manned lighthouse in the United States, and an important navigation aid for traffic to and from the Port of Boston. The island is situated some 9 miles (14 km) offshore of downtown Boston and has a permanent size of 3 acres (12,000 m²), plus an intertidal zone of a further 4 acres (16,000 m²).^[1]

Like the neighbouring islands of Great Brewster, Middle Brewster and Outer Brewster, Little Brewster Island is named after William Brewster, the first preacher and teacher for the Plymouth Colony. Because it is still the site of an active Coast Guard facility, opportunities to visit the island are restricted, although guided tours of the island and light are available.^[1][2]

See also[link]

• Green Island (Massachusetts)
• Great Brewster
• Middle Brewster
• Outer Brewster
• Long Island
• Tewksbury Rock (Massachusetts)
• William Brewster
• Plymouth Colony
• Barrel Rock

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Little Brewster Island Factsheet". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060718211110/http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=libr. Retrieved August 3, 2006. 
2. ^ "Great Brewster Island Factsheet". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060627080831/http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=grbr. Retrieved August 11, 2006. 

External links[link]

• Little Brewster Island web page, with visitor information.

Coordinates: 42°19′40.68″N 70°53′26.12″W / 42.3279667°N 70.8905889°W / 42.3279667; -70.8905889

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Brewster Island (64°43′S 62°34′W / 64.717°S 62.567°W / -64.717; -62.567Coordinates: 64°43′S 62°34′W / 64.717°S 62.567°W / -64.717; -62.567) is a small island lying northeast of Danco Island in Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Sir David Brewster, Scottish natural philosopher who in 1844 improved the mirror stereoscope invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone by substituting prisms.

See also[link]

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References[link]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Brewster Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Edward Lawrence Logan
Edward L. Logan, c. 1916
Personal details
Born	(1875-01-20)January 20, 1875 South Boston
Died	July 6, 1939(1939-07-06) (aged 64)
Profession	Soldier Officer Politician
Military service
Years of service	1897 - 1919
Rank	Lieutenant General

Edward Lawrence Logan, A.B., LL.B. was born on January 20, 1875, in South Boston to a military family, and attended Boston Latin School and Harvard University. He was an American militia officer and jurist. Today he is best known as the namesake of Logan International Airport of Boston, Massachusetts.

Military career[link]

After his graduation in 1897, Logan enlisted in the 9th Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in which he rapidly advanced.

The following Spring, Logan saw combat in the Spanish-American War, returning to the United States that autumn to enroll in Harvard Law School. Graduating in 1901, Logan returned to his unit while simultaneously building a successful law practice in Boston. In 1911 he was promoted to major and the following year he took command of the 9th as its colonel.

In March, 1917, Logan's unit was mobilized to guard installations in anticipation of the US declaration of war on Germany (see World War I). After several months of guard duty, the 9th was redesignated as the 101st Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 26th Infantry Division, organized from the National Guards of the New England states. Logan accompanied his troops to France in command of the 101st.

In April 1919, the regiment was relieved of active duty, and Logan oversaw its reorganization into the Massachusetts National Guard. In January 1921 Logan was promoted to brigadier general and took command of the 1st Infantry Brigade. In March 1923 he was promoted to major general and given command of the 26th Division. As its first post-war commander, General Logan was responsible for reorganizing and training the division as a completely Massachusetts unit.

Post war life[link]

Throughout the remainder of his life, Logan achieved prominence as an advocate for veterans as the state commander of the American Legion and president of the National Guard Association. He also pursued a political career as a Boston city councilor and state representative and senator. He retired from the Guard in 1938, and died in Boston the following year.

A statue of Gen. Logan by Joseph Coletti was unveiled at the entrance to the former Boston Airport when it was officially renamed the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport in a public ceremony in 1956. It has been moved several times to accommodate the airport's growth. Although Logan was not an aviator, he did lobby intensely for veteran benefits to include the high risk group of pilots.

External links[link]

• New airport name sought to honor Kennedy

Edward Lawrence (1878–1949) was an English writer who emigrated to the United States in 1902. Lawrence was born in Windsor, England and attended Eton from 1890–94 and Oxford University 1895-1899, where he read classics. After moving to New York in 1902 he lived with a great aunt as he wrote his magnum opus "In Hope, We Find This Nation", a five volume work that was issued by the publisher, Collier, in 5 installments 1908, 1912, 1924, 1928, and 1946. He died in 1949 from a suspected heart attack.