The 100th birthday of the oldest retired Coast Guard member in North Carolina is being celebrated.The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center will partner with the Harkers Island community on Saturday to host a United States Coast Guard Appreciation Day and parade to celebrate Ira Lewis.Lewis enlisted in 1938 and retired in 1959, according to a statement from the museum. He initiated a Harkers Island Veterans Memorial in 2003, served as advisor to the North Carolina [...]
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