MANTEO, N.C. - Manteo Commissioner and chair of The Collins Park Committee, Darrell Collins, shares his comments during a statue unveiling ceremony in Manteo Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of Manteo honored life saver and civil rights hero Richard Etheridge with a bronze statue on Roanoke Island. Etheridge was born into slavery on Roanoke Island in 1842 and went on to become the first African-American in charge of a U.S. Life-Saving Service rescue station. He was in charge of the Pea Island station from 1880 to 1900. The bronze statue was crafted by Stephen H. Smith over the course of 10 months. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick)