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CONTACT:North Carolina\nDepartment of Cultural Resources\nNews Release\nCon
 tact :  KaeLi Schurr (252) 473-2655
DESCRIPTION:Hundreds of lives saved and hardships endured will be recognize
 d with the unveiling of a North Carolina Historical Highway Marker (www.nc
 markers.com <http://www.ncmarkers.com/> ) in honor of the Pea Island Lifes
 avers and the station’s keeper\, Richard Etheridge. From 1880-1900\, Eth
 eridge managed the station with military discipline and exceptional spirit
  de corps. It remained the only all-black facility in the U.S. Lifesaving 
 Service.\n \nThe highway marker will be unveiled on Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. on S
 .R.12 at the Pea Island National Refuge Visitor’s Center. KaeLi Schurr\,
  curator of the Outer Banks History Center\, and Frank Hester\, Pea Island
  Lifesaving Station historian\, will speak briefly. The public is encourag
 ed to attend.\n \nFollowing the unveiling\, the public is invited for free
  pizza at noon and a free viewing of the film Rescue Men: The Story of the
  Pea Island Life Savers at 1 p.m. at the Pea Island Lifesaving Station Mus
 eum in Manteo.  \n \nThe dedication date recalls the most dramatic rescue 
 of the lifesavers on Oct. 11\, 1896. A three-masted schooner\, E.S. Newman
 \, ran into a hurricane\, lost all sails and drifted more than 100 miles b
 efore sinking just two miles south of the lifesaving station. Conditions f
 orced Etheridge to send his two strongest swimmers into the surf\, each ti
 ed to a rope. The surfmen tied survivors of the sunken ship to themselves 
 and dragged the travelers back to shore\, thus rescuing nine crew and pass
 engers. After a campaign for recognition\, Etheridge and his crew were pos
 thumously awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal in 1966. \n \nA statute of Eth
 eridge was unveiled this summer in front of the Pea Island Museum.  \n \n<
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SUMMARY:North Carolina Highway Historical Marker To Salute Pea Island Lifes
 avers
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