John Loeper gives a presentation on the Sindia, which ran aground in Ocean City in 1901.
The Ocean City Historical Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Coast Guard with a special presentation 2 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 28).
Fred Miller, an Ocean City historian, and John Loeper, president of Ocean City’s Life Saving Station No. 30, will trace the Coast Guard from its founding to its present-day expanded missions.
When Congress merged the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service on Jan. 28, 1915, it created a new organization called the U.S. Coast Guard. (The 2015 Ocean City beach tags celebrate this event.)
Miller and Loeper will be discussing the 1915 event and the history of the Life Saving Service, which dates back to 1871, when the island was still known only as Peck’s Beach.
This is a free event. Any donations will be shared between the museum and the Lifesaving Station No. 30. Seating is limited. Event will take place in the museum, located in the Ocean City Community Center, 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, NJ.
