Photo Release: Florence, Ore., named nation's 24th Coast Guard City

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/16/2017 09:57 PM EDT

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News Release  

August 16, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District PA Detachment Astoria
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Florence, Ore., named nation's 24th Coast Guard City

A new sign recognizing the City of Florence, Ore., as a Coast Guard City welcomes residents and visitors to Florence on Oregon Highway 126 near the Highway 101 junction, Aug. 16, 2017. Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, speaks at a Coast Guard City designation ceremony held at the Florence, Ore., Events Center, Aug. 16, 2017.
Joe Henry, mayor, City of Florence, Ore., speaks at a Coast Guard City designation ceremony held at the Florence Events Center, Aug. 16, 2017.   Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, presents Joe Henry, mayor, City of Florence, with the Coast Guard proclamation naming Florence, Ore., as a Coast Guard City, Aug. 16, 2017.
Florence, Ore., residents line up to see an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Sector North Bend, and visit with its crew outside of the Florence Events Center, Aug. 16, 2017. Ron Wallace, a Florence, Ore., resident, plays the bagpipes while standing in the door of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at the Florence Events Center, Aug. 16, 2017.
Chief Petty Officer Dan Nielsen, a surfman boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River, rings a bell during the presentation of "The Fallen Comrade Table" at a Coast Guard City designation ceremony held at the Florence Events Center in Florence, Ore., Aug. 16, 2017.

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FLORENCE, Ore. – The Coast Guard designated the City of Florence as an official Coast Guard City at a ceremony held at the Florence Events Center, Wednesday morning.

The city was accepted as the 24th official Coast Guard City and the third one in Oregon joining Astoria and Newport.

The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. David Throop, commander, Coast Guard 13th District. Before and after the ceremony, the public was able to interact with Coast Guard members as they toured static displays of a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II and a 26-foot Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat.

Coast Guard City designations are part of an official program to recognize the special efforts of local communities and what they do for the men and women of the service. Coast Guard City applications are prepared by the requesting city government officials and sent to the commandant of the Coast Guard for consideration.

The designation of the City of Florence coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River, which was established in the community, Dec. 14, 1917, when Capt. Theodore Roberge from the Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment was appointed as the “Keeper” of Station Siuslaw River.

 

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