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Date: January 27, 2012

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Coast Guard receives key to the City of Clearwater

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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Coast Guard Adm. Robert Papp, Commandant of the Coast Guard, celebrates as he receives the key to the City of Clearwater during a celebration where the city of Clearwater was designated the title of “Coast Guard City” at downtown Clearwater, Jan. 27, 2012. Clearwater is now one of 14 cities throughout the nation to be designated a Coast Guard City and the only one in the State of Florida. The designation, endorsed by Congress and the Coast Guard, is made to recognize the outstanding support the community provides to Coast Guard personnel and their families. The city actively coordinates community recognition, events and programs to best support its valued Coast Guard families. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Coast Guard Adm. Bob Papp, Commandant of the Coast Guard, celebrates as he receives the key to the City of Clearwater during a celebration where Clearwater was designated the title of “Coast Guard City”, at a ceremony downtown Jan. 27, 2012.
Clearwater is now one of 14 cities throughout the nation to be designated a Coast Guard City and the only one in the State of Florida. The designation, endorsed by Congress and the Coast Guard, is made to recognize the outstanding support the community provides to Coast Guard personnel and their families. The city actively coordinates community recognition, events and programs to best support its valued Coast Guard families.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse. 

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard, celebrates the City of Clearwater's designation as a Coast Guard City with Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant of the Coast Guard and additional state and local officials during a ceremony downtown Clearwater, Jan. 27, 2012. Clearwater is now one of 14 cities throughout the nation to be designated a Coast Guard City and the only one in the State of Florida. The designation, endorsed by Congress and the Coast Guard, is made to recognize the outstanding support the community provides to Coast Guard personnel and their families. The city actively coordinates community recognition, events and programs to best support its valued Coast Guard families. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse.   CLEARWATER, Fla. – Coast Guard Adm. Robert Papp, Commandant of the Coast Guard, addresses the crowd at a celebration where the City of Clearwater was designated the title of official "Coast Guard City" at a ceremony downtown, Jan. 27, 2012. Clearwater is now one of 14 cities throughout the nation to be designated a Coast Guard City and the only one in the State of Florida. The designation, endorsed by Congress and the Coast Guard, is made to recognize the outstanding support the community provides to Coast Guard personnel and their families. The city actively coordinates community recognition, events and programs to best support its valued Coast Guard families. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse.  

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