Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- CUTTER
- The Revenue Cutter Service took its name from these swift, single-masted vessels, nimble enough to chase smugglers through coastal shallows.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- REVENUE
- Collecting import duties was the young nation's primary source of federal income, making the Revenue Cutter Service essential to the republic's finances from day one.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HELM
- A ship's helm, the wheel or tiller that controls the rudder, gave its officer both literal and symbolic command of the vessel's course.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ANCHOR
- Dropping anchor in a harbor meant the day's patrol was done; the anchor has been a symbol of maritime strength and steadiness for thousands of years.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The First U.S. Coast Guard Is Established word search
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Free large-print word search: On August 4, 1790, Washington's Revenue Cutter Service set sail, find the nautical world that made it possible.
About The First U.S. Coast Guard Is Established
On August 4, 1790, President George Washington signed the act that brought the Revenue Cutter Service into being, the earliest forerunner of today's United States Coast Guard. Ten armed cutters were commissioned to enforce tariff laws and keep America's young coastline secure, their crews cutting through Atlantic swells on the nation's first organized seagoing patrols. Salt air, taut rigging, and the steady pull of the tide defined the daily life of those first sailors, who served at a time when the new republic's prosperity depended on every ship that reached port safely.
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- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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