The U.S. Life-Saving Services – a forerunner to the U.S. Coast Guard — was established by Congress in 1871 in response to the high loss of life in ship wrecks along America’s coastlines, particularly on the Atlantic coast. Bill was just one of the many horses that served with the USLSS.
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1930: Bill, the U.S. Life-Saving Services Horse of Fire Island, New York
Posted: 19th October 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Blue Point, breeches buoy, Coast Guard history, Fire Island, Lyle Gun, New York History, Sumner Kimball, U.S. Life-Saving Services
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