Monday, September 14, 2026

Question: By an act of Congress in 1998, which Michigan city became the first to be federally designated a “Coast Guard City, USA”?

Answer: Grand Haven. It was the first of more than a dozen U.S. cities to earn the federal “Coast Guard City, USA” designation, established by an act of Congress signed by President Bill Clinton on Nov. 13, 1998, and it still hosts an annual Coast Guard Festival.