“Awe-inspiring” is the term we use to describe the magnificent
Marconi Beach, which is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore,
and is located on the Atlantic coast of Cape Cod’s “arm”. From
the lookout just above the beach there are wonderful, broad
sweeping views of Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The beach
itself is named after the Italian inventor and nobel prize
winner Guglielmo Marconi, who, in 1903, successfully transmitted
the first transatlantic wireless message originating in the U.S.
between President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII in the
U.K. But with technology rapidly advancing, the wireless station
became outdated within a few years, and was replaced by a more
modern one in Chatham, MA. The barren aspects of this elevated
location attracted first Marconi, followed by the government
during World War II, where they established Camp Wellfleet as an
artillery training facility. When this was no longer needed, the
property was transferred to the National Park Service to become
part of th