MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER

Coast Guard Day

Cape Elizabeth, Maine
· Aug. 4, 1965
Military
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In the bicentennial year, 1765-1965, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, the town honored the United States Coast Guard on the 175th anniversary of its founding and of the commissioning of the light by President of the United States General George Washington in 1790; Portland Head was manned on Jan. 10, 1791.
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