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Happy 225th birthday U.S. Coast Guard!

(The following is the official U.S. Coast Guard birthday message on the occa- “The Coast Guard is more relevant today than at any time in our 225-year his-
sion of the 225th anniversary of the service. The following post on the Coast Guard tory,” said Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft. “Transnational criminal
Compass blog was issued in lieu of the traditional ALCOAST message from the organizations use drug profits to destabilize governments in our hemisphere. Our
USCG commandant. August 4, 2015) nation’s resurgence in American energy production has increased the flow of mari-
time commerce on our waterways. There is increased human activity in the Arctic
From the first lifesaving stations on the shores of Massachusetts where crewmen and cyber threats endanger our digital systems. We are evolving to meet these chal-
rowed small, wooden boats into overpowering surf in hopes of rescuing people from lenges and invest in a 21st century Coast Guard that will continue our service to
storm-battered ships to the Coast Guard’s newest, largest and most technologically nation that is 225 years strong.”
advanced 418-foot national security cutters designed to conduct multiple Coast
Guard missions around the world, the Coast Guard has been there. The Coast Guard continues to celebrate the legacy of its formative services and
the heroism of those who served. Our missions may have changed over the years,
Brave Coast Guard men and women like Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro, but one thing has remained constant: the selfless service of each and every person
who died evacuating Marines from Guadalcanal during World War II, and Light- that takes the oath to protect their country as part of the U.S. Coast Guard.
house Keeper Ida Lewis, who is credited with saving the lives of at least 18 people
during her 39 years of service at Lime Rock Light in Rhode Island, have dotted the
Coast Guard’s 225 years of service.

When President George Washington passed the Tariff Act on Aug. 4, 1790,
he likely didn’t know that the bill submitted by Secretary of the Treasury Alex-
ander Hamilton would create a service that would outlast the trials and tribula-
tions of the nascent country, growing into the nation’s premier maritime law
enforcement service.

With the passing of this bill, Hamilton was given the authority to build 10 cut-
ters to protect the Nation’s lifeblood, our revenue. These 10 single-masted sailing
ships, estimated to cost only $1,000 each, became known as the Revenue Cutters
that marked the creation of our sea-going service.

The Coast Guard traces its roots to this day and celebrates the foundation laid by
these early revenue cutters and the crews that selflessly served to protect our shores
and guard the revenue that kept our country strong.

As the Nation grew, so did the Coast Guard. Over the past 225 years, Coast
Guard missions have grown from enforcing revenue laws to ensuring maritime
safety, security and stewardship along our shores and across the globe.

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