David Mitchell, the chair of the African American Beach Lifeguard Memorial project, one of the groups that pushed for the creation of the marker, told the outlet that Black lifeguards served the ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH — The historic Jacksonville Beach Lifeguard station will be donated to the city of Jacksonville Beach, and its familiar American Red Cross logos will be removed. That ...

Those early lifeguards became affiliated with the American Red Cross in 1914, and since the second half of the 1940s, their home has been just north of Beach Boulevard, in the distinctive white ...

San Diego’s lifeguard services, for example, started in 1918 after 13 people drowned in a single day at Ocean Beach. Now the American Red Cross and other groups certify individual lifeguards ...

The marker is located along the Seawall near 27th street. David Mitchell is the chair of the African American beach Lifeguard Memorial project, which pushed for the marker. He said the area from ...