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Expedition Navy 250 in DC! Click the image to learn about Navy 250 events and activities. Click the image to learn more.
Join us at Woodridge Neighborhood Library for the Collection Talk: From Court Martial to Exoneration: The Port Chicago 50. Click the image to learn more.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Beverly Weintraub, will discuss their book "Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Naval Women Aviators"
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FEBRUARY
22
Eighty-one years ago, 320 people died in a massive explosion at a Navy munitions depot in Port Chicago, California. About two-thirds of those killed were Black sailors who loaded bombs and ammunition onto ships
MARCH
10
On February 2, 2019, the skies over Maynardville, Tennessee, filled with the roar of four F/A-18F Super Hornets streaking overhead in close formation. In each aircraft were two young female flyers, executing the first all-woman Missing Man Formation flyover in Navy history in memory of Captain Rosemary Mariner.
Plan Your Visit
Buildings 76, (Building 70 - now Closed), Washington Navy Yard, DC
Open Saturdays. See "Hours of Operation" for more dates.
