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"I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame." — Howard Coble


"The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise. " — Russ Carnahan


"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws."

—Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury
Federalist No. 12, The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue
From the New York Packet
27 November 1787

Earliest recorded reference to what would become the U.S. Coast Guard


"Did they get off??"
— Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, USCG

Inquiring of the 400 Marines he rescued, just before dying of wounds he suffered in the effort.


"The lighthouse and the lightship appeal to the interests and better instinct of man because they are symbolic of never-ceasing watchfulness, of steadfast endurance in every exposure, of widespread helpfulness."
— George R. Putnam, the first Commissioner of Lighthouses

U.S. Lighthouse Service, 1906-1935


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