Lighthouse Month??

Is August now Lighthouse month ?

WIA news say Kevin VK2CE runs a great web page for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend. The weekend is the 3rd full weekend in August
On VK2CE's page we see that for some reason or other August seems to
have become the international weekend for lighthouses. Countries all
over the world have become involved in one or another of lighthouse
activity.
Some years ago the United States Congress declared August 7th as their National Lighthouse Day and during that first week in August amateur radio operators in America set up portable stations at lighthouses and endeavour to make contact with each other. This event is known as the US National Lighthouse Week.
In Britain the Association of Lighthouse Keepers, ALK, conducts
International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend on the 3rd full weekend in August. Their objective is to encourage Lighthouse managers, keepers and owners to open their lighthouse or lightstation and related visitors centres to the public with a view to raising the profile of lighthouses, lightvessels and other navigational aids, and preserving their maritime heritage.
However, the major event which takes place in August is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend, ILLW, which came into
being in 1998 as the Scottish Northern Lights Award run by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group.
The ILLW takes place on the 3rd full weekend in August each year and attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries.
It is one of the most popular international amateur radio events in
existence probably because there are very few rules and it is not the usual contest type event. It is also free and there are no prizes for contacting large numbers of other stations. There is little doubt that the month of August has become "Lighthouse Month" due largely to the popularity and growth of the ILLW.
https://illw.net/
TNX Southgate