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Monday, May 28 – Lifeboat Station Surfmen Remembered posted May 28 at 6AM

In this Special Memorial Day Edition of the West Marin Report, We Rebroadcast an Account by John Neff of the Ceremony at the Small Graveyard on the Historic G Ranch.  Ranger Kim Hawkins describes the dangerous job of a surfman at the Pt. Reyes Lifeboat Station, which operated from 1890 to 1969, with the last deaths in 1960.  Links for information about today's 2 PM ceremony at the graveyard and 4 PM reception at the Lifeboat Boathouse and to a history of the Lifeboat StationGeorge Clyde presents.


 

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