Digest>Archives> May 2002

Memorial Service Held

Comments?    


You can see an enlarged version of this picture by clicking here.
>> Click to enlarge <<
U.S. Coast Guard “Posting of the Colors” at the ...
Photo by: Jim Walker

Recently a memorial service was held at the Chatham, MA Coast Guard Station to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Monomoy disaster and to the honor the seven members of the Monomoy Life Saving Station and five members of the Coal Barge Wadena who lost their lives on that fateful day of March 17, 1902.

You can see an enlarged version of this picture by clicking here.
>> Click to enlarge <<
BM1 John Westlund USCG and BM1 Jason Holm USCG ...
Photo by: Jim Walker

It was one of the worst tragedies in the history of the U.S. Life Saving Service, which was merged into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. The motto of the rescuers in those days was, “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back”, and most did not. Only one surfman from the Life Saving Station survived, having been rescued by captain of another vessel that had been working nearby.

The memorial service was a joint project of the Cape Cod Maritime Research Association, the United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Life Saving Service Heritage Association.

This story appeared in the May 2002 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

All contents copyright © 1995-2024 by Lighthouse Digest®, Inc. No story, photograph, or any other item on this website may be reprinted or reproduced without the express permission of Lighthouse Digest. For contact information, click here.


Subscribe
to Lighthouse Digest



USLHS Marker Fund


Lighthouse History
Research Institute


Shop Online












Subscribe   Contact Us   About Us   Copyright Foghorn Publishing, 1994- 2024   Lighthouse Facts     Lighthouse History