Captain richard etheridge bridge
Captain richard etheridge bridge
Richard etheridge pea island.
New bridge dedicated to OBX hero Capt. Richard Etheridge
By Sam Walker, reprinted courtesay of the Outer Banks Voice on Feb. 21, 2018
Bridge dedications can at times be mundane, with the usual dry speeches, a ribbon cutting or sign unveiling and a photo opportunity.
The U.S.
Coast Guard posthumously awarded Etheridge and his crew the Gold Lifesaving Medal for the heroic rescue of those on board the E.S. Newman during a hurricane in 1896. A Coast Guard cutter is also named in Etheridge’s honor.
The Pea Island Preservation Society presented their “Freedmen, Surfmen and Heroes,” which has been performed for Dare County school students and other groups chronicling Etheridge’s life story.
Two of the presenters, Joan Collins and society President Darrell Collins, have ties to Etheridge and are descendants of Pea Island crew members.
Part of the presentation retold the story of the Newman rescue, and interpreters James Charlet and Linda Malloy brought the story of the heroic ef