All posts tagged "coast guard"
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24.0K8Flashback PhotosIda Lewis, The Bravest Woman in America
Over the space of 46 years, Ida Lewis faithfully kept the lamp lit at Lime Rock Light Station and rescued as many...
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7.2K7MassachusettsJoshua 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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25.9K12Business 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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24.6K8Flashback 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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5.4K2ConnecticutHarrison Fitch, UConn’s First African-American Basketball Standout, Holds His Head High
Until his death in the early 1990s, Harrison Fitch rooted for the basketball team that stood by him when racists on an...
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40.6K22ConnecticutThe 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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