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The Coast Guard Training Facility at Avery Point

The public is cordially invited to a FREE historical presentation on Thursday, July 30 at 7pm in the UConn Avery Point auditorium

James Streeter, Town of Groton Historian, presents a photographic history of the Coast Guard Training Facility at Avery Point beginning in World War II and located there from 1942-1967. The presentation includes historic photographs, artifacts and narration. Please join us!  This event is part of Coast Guard Summer, the celebration of the Coast Guard 225th Anniversary. Special thanks to event sponsors Ed DiMuzzio and the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC).

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