A poster of Bailey Barco, keeper of Dam Neck Livesaving Station, with a description of his heroic actions during a rescue in 1900 sits on a table after a signing over ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 with a button from his U.S. Lifesaving Service uniform in Key West, Florida. Bailey Barco was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for his actions during the rescue of the crew of the schooner Jennie Hall which had run aground in a severe winter storm off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally.
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