Creation of the U.S. Coast Guard

Date: January 28, 1915 • Location: Shaw, United States

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.