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These three beautiful windows were erected in the memory of the Burnham family during the late 1800's.

The center window is dedicated to Captain Mills Olcott Burnham. Captain Burnham was the lighthouse keeper of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse at Cape Canaveral in Brevard County for 36 years. He was born in Vermont but was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy. When Confederate Secretary of State, Stephen Mallory, ordered all lighthouses shut down, Captain Burnham took the mechanism and clockwork, put them in wooden crates and buried them in his orange grove. Although, Captain Burnham had several opportunities to turn everything over to the Federal Authorities, he chose not to do so until the end of War Between the States.

The window on the right is in memory of his son, Mills Olcott Burnham, Jr., who also served in the Confederate Army. His service was short lived as he died in Chattanooga, Tennessee of illness, in June 1862 at the age of 19.

The window on the left is in memory of his wife, Mary Burnham. They were married 51 years.

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