Navy Memorial reliefs near the National Archives in Washington, D.C. by Stanley Bleifeld

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For America’s sea services, The United States Navy Memorial is the triumph of a centuries-old dream. In the early days of America’s national independence, architect Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a memorial in the Nation’s Capital to "to celebrate the first rise of the Navy and consecrate its progress and achievements." But it was only in the twentieth century that L’Enfant’s vision of a Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. was realized. The United States Navy Memorial is home to the Memorial Plaza, which features Stanly Bleifield's famous statue, The Lone Sailor. The Lone Sailor, a tribute to all personnel of the sea services, overlooks the Granite Sea, an exact replication of the world's oceans. Surrounding the Granite Sea are two fountain pools, honoring the personnel of the American Navy and the other navies of the world. The southern hemisphere of the Granite Sea is surrounded by 26 bronze bas-reliefs commemorating events, personnel, and communities of the various sea services. Source: Wikipedia

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)

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0000500/00591_0010016219 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Naval Construction Battalions - Construtmus Batuimus - "We build, we fight"

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The Navy Family - "They who wait also serve."

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U.S. Navy Supply Corps - "Service to the Fleet"

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0000500/00591_0010016179 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Navy Chaplains - "Eternal Father Strong to Save"

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Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

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Naval Aviation

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Inland Engagements - U. S. Navy River Operations - Vietnam

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The Silent Service

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Naval Airships

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0000500/00591_0010016159 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Navy Medicine

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0000500/00591_0010018619 (added ca. 5/6/2007)

Naval Reservists

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Naval Special Warfare - "Failure is Not an Option"

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0000500/00591_0010016239 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Engineering Duty Officers - "Sharpening the Point of the Spear"

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0000500/00591_0010016119 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Women in the Navy

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0000500/00591_0010016099 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

The Great White Fleet - 1907

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Navy Astronauts and Recovery Missions - A contribution to U.S. Space Age

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0000500/00591_0010016079 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

United States Marine Corps

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United States Coast Guard - Semper Paratus - "Always Ready"

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0000500/00591_0010016059 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Exploration, Oceanography, Research -- in Antarctica - 1840

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U.S. Merchant Marine - U.S. Navy Armed Guard --``We deliver.''

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United States Naval Academy - Annapolis -- Ex Scientia Tridens - "From knowledge, sea power"

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0000500/00591_0010016049 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Destroyer Escorts - "Trim but Deadly"

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Opening Japan for Commerce - Commodore Matthew Perry - 1854

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0000500/00591_0010016019 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

Captain John Paul Jones ``. . . in Harm's Way''

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Landing Ship Tank - (LST)

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0000500/00591_0010015999 (added ca. 4/24/2007)

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0000500/00590_0000008030 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00590_0000008040 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00590_0000008050 (added ca. 2006)

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0000500/00590_0000008060 (added ca. 2006)

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More Info

Medium: Bronze
Artist: Stanley Bleifeld(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: .MAJOR ATTRACTIONS; Military Services
Location: Pennsylvania Ave. & 8th St NW (N of Penn, W of 8th - across street N from Archives) Washington, D.C.

Nearest Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial - Penn Quarter(Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000126 (dcMem ID #591 )

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