Association Type
Memorial
Website
https://www.navymemorial.org/
Contact Phone Number
202-737-2300
Contact Email
Not Specified
Year Established
1977
Short Name
USNMemorial
HQ Address
701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20004
About the Navy Memorial The Navy Memorial includes both a commemorative public plaza and a Naval Heritage Center. The plaza is a round ceremonial amphitheater paved in granite to form a 100-foot diameter of the world. Surrounding the deck of the plaza are fountains, pools, flagpole masts, and sculptural panels depicting historic achievements of the sea services. A symbolic statue of a Lone Sailor stands watch near the edge of the plaza.
Admiral Thompson observes that “to passersby, the appearance of the Memorial is not unlike that of America’s perceptions of the sea. Even though it is vast and broad and unmistakably there, you could miss it if you are not paying attention. But when you walk on to the site, it engulfs you with its scale and grandeur.”
Perhaps the most striking individual feature of the Navy Memorial is the statue of The Lone Sailor ©. The work of sculptor Stanley Bleifeld, The Lone Sailor © represents all people who ever served, are serving now, or who are yet to serve in the Navy and other sea services.
In one of the two classical buildings that flank the Navy Memorial is located the Naval Heritage Center. Another work of sculpture by Stanley Bleifeld – The Homecoming © statue depicting the joyous reunion of a sailor, wife, and child – greets visitors as they enter. It is here that the ongoing work of the United States Navy Memorial takes place, and it is here that the personal links between the people who have served our nation at sea are being forged and strengthened every day, the links that unite our sea service veterans and active-duty personnel around the world.
(The above passages were excerpted from the book From The Sea. )
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03 Abbate, Matthew Thomas, Sgt -Fallen
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FMF Acton, David August, HN -Fallen
03 Acuff, Robert E., Cpl -Fallen
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FMF Aguirre, Filberto, Jr., HM3 -Fallen
00 Aker, Jeffrey Scott, HN -Fallen
Allerby, Milton Richard (Skinny), HN -Fallen
Andrus, William George (Bill), HM3 -Fallen
00 Askin, James Frederick, HM2 -Fallen
00 Aten, Warnell Eugene, HM3 -Fallen
00 Bachman, Albert Carl, Jr. (Skip), HM2 -Fallen
FMF Baker, Larry James, HM3 -Fallen
Bell, Larry Gene, HM3 -Fallen
Bird, Harold Alvin, HM3 -Fallen
FMF Boswell, David Henry, HN -Fallen
03 Bowersox, Charles William, Jr., LCpl -Fallen
Brett, Robert Raymond, LT -Fallen
FMF Bridges, Robert Jan, Jr. (Doc), HM2 -Fallen
FMF Broad, William Ray, HM3 -Fallen
FMF Brooks, Robert Franklin (Bobby), HA -Fallen
FMF Burke, William Ervin, III (Bill), HM3 -Fallen
FMF Burks, Joseph Harlow, HN -Fallen
FMF Burns, Howard Michael, HM3 -Fallen
FMF Buswell, Robert Dale (Buzz, Bobby), HM3 -Fallen
FMF Byrne, Conal Joseph, HM3 -Fallen
Cahall, Edwin Lewis, HM1 -Fallen
00 Caldwell, Edward Clark (ED), HM2 -Fallen
Calzia, Frank Vincent, HN -Fallen
00 Campbell, Brian Eguene, HN -Fallen
Casey, Robert Michael, HM3 -Fallen
Chamaj, Andrew Peter, HM3 -Fallen
Chilvere, Robin Lee, HM3 -Fallen
00 Converse, Philip Howell, HN -Fallen
Cooper, Edwin Earl, HN -Fallen
Cox, Richard Leigh, HM3 -Fallen
Crawford, Charles Hugh, HM3 -Fallen
00 Cunniffe, Donald Joseph, HN -Fallen
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