All posts tagged "coast guard"
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6.3K7MassachusettsJoshua James Avenges His Mother’s Death by Saving 1,000 Lives
Growing up in Hull, Mass., Joshua James saw more than his share of shipwrecks. One in particular sent him on a lifelong...
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24.3K12Business and LaborAbbie Burgess, Teenaged Heroine of Matinicus Rock Light
Abbie Burgess, at just 16, kept the light burning in Matinicus Rock Lighthouse for 21 days in 1856 during a violent storm....
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23.7K8Flashback PhotosThe WWII Battle of Point Judith off the RI Coast
Just before Germany surrendered to the Allied powers, 67 men died in the Battle of Point Judith off the Rhode Island coast....
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4.8K2ConnecticutHarrison B. Fitch, UConn’s First African-American Basketball Standout, Holds His Head High
Until his death in the early 1990s, Harrison B. Fitch rooted for the basketball team that stood by him when racists on...
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38.8K22ConnecticutThe 1936 Flood That Engulfed New England
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...
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18.4K7New HampshireNew England’s Hopley Yeaton: Father of the U.S. Coast Guard
Hopley Yeaton inspires U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets in tangible ways 225 years after he was named the first commissioned officer of...
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