A Coast Guard Compass article on recent research on our “Sister Service” . . . Source: A little piece of Kimball’s legacy of standardization Candace CliffordCandace was the US Lighthouse Society historian from 2016 until she passed away in August 2018. For 30 years, her work involved lighthouse history. She worked with the National Park Service and the… Continue reading A little piece of Kimball’s legacy of standardization
The U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association (USLSSHA) just issued a release about their 2017 annual meeting. It will take place in and around San Francisco, September 14 – 16. More information can be found in the link to the release and on their website at http://uslife-savingservice.org/annual-conference/2017-annual-meeting/ Release submitted by the USLSSHA, June 16, 2017 * * … Continue reading USLSSHA to Meet in San Francsico
The Amagansett Life-Saving Station will be open to the public for the first time on May 20, 2017, for a Re-Commissioning Ceremony hosted by the Amangansett U.S. Life-Saving and U.S. Coast Guard Society (ALSCGS). The Station will be opening as a museum this summer. This Quonchontaug-type station was built in East Hampton, New York, in 1902.… Continue reading Restoration of Amagansett Life-Saving Station Now Complete
Today is Ida Lewis’s 175th birthday. Google has marked the occasion with a google doodle. Ida was famous in her day for her numerous lifesaving rescues at Lime Rock Light Station in Newport, Rhode Island. She received a gold lifesaving medal in 1881 and Lime Rock was renamed in her honor in 1924. Idawalley Zorada Lewis,… Continue reading Celebrating Ida Lewis
The heroic 1952 rescue of 32 crew members aboard the sinking tanker Pendelton was dramatized in the recent movie “The Finest Hours.” The Chatham Historical Society will recognize its 65th anniversary with events hosted at the Atwood House & Museum that include a special screening of a documentary film of several witnesses who shared their memories of that day. The hero… Continue reading February 18th Marks the 65th Anniversary of the Pendleton Rescue
On February 11, 2017, the Core Sound Waterfront Museum & Heritage Center, Harkers Island, N.C., will be hosting a special event honoring the 1905 Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station Gold Medal recipients for their rescue of the crew of Rawson. The families of Surfmen William H. Gaskill, James W. Fulcher, Kilby Guthrie, John A. Guthrie, Calupt T.… Continue reading Life-Saving Service Gold Medal Celebration at Cape Lookout
