Joshua James is back in the news!

No, not the singer-songwriter!  Captain Joshua James–America’s most celebrated lifesaver.  The Hull Lifesaving Museum is sponsoring a series of events tomorrow, Saturday July 30, 2011, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum, located at 1117 Nantasket Avenue, Hull.  The museum is the former Point Allerton Lifesaving Station; and James was its first keeper.  The numerous lifesaving stations along Plymouth County’s Atlantic coast are part of Plymouth County’s maritime history.

At 6:00 p.m., there will be a Coast Guard Day Commemeration in Hull Cemetary, where Captain James was buried in a lifeboat in 1902, following a training exercise that caused his death.

Tomorrow night’s events conclude with an event called, The “Illumination of the Harbor”.Flares can be purchased for $10 per flare.  Proceeds benefit the Hull Lifesaving Museum.  For further information, please visit www.hulllifesavingmuseum.org.