Coast Guard celebrates 225th birthday

Coast Guard celebrates 225th birthday
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Coast Guard will celebrate 225 years of service to the Nation and the communities in which it serves, Tuesday. The Coast Guard traces its history back to the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton proposed building sea-going revenue cutters to collect revenue for the new Republic and serve as “useful sentinels of the law.” President George Washington...