1716-Province of Massachusetts authorized the erection of the first lighthouse in America. It was built on Great Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. 1817-The cutter Active forced a South American privateer posing as an armed merchantman to leave the Chesapeake Bay and American waters. 1939-Congress created the Coast Guard Reserve which later became what is today the Coast Guard Auxiliary. (Source: USCG Historian’s Office)
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