From the Pure Michigan Site.
Port Huron, the home of Fort Gratiot, is also the home of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, the first and oldest lighthouse in Michigan and the oldest on Lake Huron.
It is the oldest operating light on the Great Lakes, established in 1825 and rebuilt in 1829 and 1869.
The lighthouse is located on Lake Huron by the mouth of the St. Clair River and stands 86-feet tall and is made of red brick and painted white. The keeper's house and fog whistle house are painted painted red.
The lighthouse was built just north of the fort.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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