Digest>Jan/Feb 2021
Photo Caption:
The Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station and its crew standing in front of the J. Lake Parkinson-designed, post-1883 structure. In 1884, members of this station achieved one of the greatest life-saving rescues in U.S. history. On the far right, Outer Banker Patrick Etheridge, who has been credited with coining the Coast Guard motto, “We have to go out, that’s a fact, but the regulations don’t say that we have to come back.” (National Archives photo) Back to the edition of: Jan/Feb 2021
Story:
150th Anniversary of the First Lighting of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Dec 16, 2020
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