PRESS RELEASE
Contact: LeMoine M. Jones
(757) 422-1587
[email protected]
100 Years Celebration
The Old Coast Guard Station
Join in the festivities from 10:00 – 5:00 on Friday, August 1st when we
will be celebrating our 100th birthday. The museum will have FREE
admission all day and refreshments will be served. Don’t miss an
appearance by our favorite “ghost surfman” John Woodhouse Sparrow. Take
advantage of The Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Free Boating Safety classes and
see a Zodiac rescue boat up close. Mayor Meyera Oberndorf will announce
August 1st as Old Coast Guard Station Day in the City of Virginia Beach.
At 1:00 p.m. a Coast Guard Color Guard will start the official
proceedings with Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O’Hara, the Commander of the
5th District Coast Guard, who will be making a presentation to the
station for 100 years of service. On hand to receive the award is
Retired Rear Admiral William Ecker, former Commander of the 5th District
and the President of the Board of Directors of the Old Coast Guard
Station.
The Old Coast Guard Station is at 24th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Va.
Beach. The museum is open 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday and 12 noon
– 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3.00 for adults, $2.50 for military and
senior citizens, and $1.00 for children 6-18. Museum members receive
free admission. The Museum Store may be visited without charge.
The Old Coast Guard Station is housed in the former Virginia Beach Coast
Guard Station/ Virginia Leach Life Saving Service Building. The building
is a Virginia Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic
Places. The museum exhibits tell the history of the Life-Saving/Coast
Guard Service and stories of heroic shipwreck rescues. |
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