In a community that honors its maritime heritage, the life-saving station remains a strong “link between our local history and broader national events," said Josh Liller, historian at the ...

CHARLEVOIX — Sixth in a series related to the new exhibit, The Maritime History ... then called the Live-Saving Service. Beaver Island to our northwest had received its Life-Saving station ...

Earlier this month, the Door County Maritime Museum received the 1892 life-saving medal from the family of Captain Martin Nicolai Knudsen. Captain Knudsen was a lighthouse keeper for 43 years ...

Enter the United States Life-Saving Service, one of the least-known yet most fascinating facets of American history. The service existed from 1871 until 1915, with nearly 300 lifesaving stations ...

In a grand maritime ceremony two years in the making, the Roberts returned to the sea at the town dock at Kittery Point and was rowed by oar out to the former U.S. Life Saving Service station at ...