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4 August 1790
United States Revenue Cutter Service was founded as part of the Department of the Treasury as the Revenue-Marine upon the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
The official Birthday of the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
1910
The Bureau of Lighthouses was created and operated as the United States Lighthouse Service (USLHS) under the Department of Commerce.
1878
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Under the direction of Sumner Increase Kimball, chief of the Treasury Department’s Revenue Marine Division, the network of existing life saving stations were formally organized as a separate agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, called the U.S. Life-Saving Service.