The 100-acre cluster of redbrick buildings you see overlooking the Thames River makes up one of the country's four military academies. A museum on the property explores the Coast Guard's 200 years of maritime service and includes some 200 ship models, as well as figureheads, paintings, uniforms, and cannon. The three-mast training bark, the USCGC Eagle, may be boarded Friday-Sunday 1-5, when in port.
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