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Photos: Naval War College Newport: Founder's Day
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis sent these photographs.
NEWPORT, RI—A ceremony was held in St. Mary's Episcopal Church Cemetery on July 28. The ceremony honored the founder of the Naval War College, Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, who died 100 years ago. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis sent these photographs.
Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, provides remarks during a commemoration ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of Luce’s death
Courtesy Photo Caption: Anne Dubose Joslin, great, great grandniece of Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, and Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, president, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), place a wreath donated on Luce’s gravestone during a during a commemoration ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of Luce’s death. Luce was the founder of NWC and served as its president from Oct. 6, 1884 until June 22, 1888. He retired from the Navy on Feb. 1, 1889, but continued to write and lecture at NWC until his death at age 90 on July 28, 1917. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/Released)
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Courtesy Photo Caption: Anne Dubose Joslin, great, great grandniece of Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, and Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, president, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), stand by while taps is played to honor Luce during a commemoration ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of Luce’s death. Luce was the founder of NWC and served as its president from Oct. 6, 1884 until June 22, 1888. He retired from the Navy on Feb. 1, 1889, but continued to write and lecture at NWC until his death at age 90 on July 28, 1917. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/Released)
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Courtesy Photo Caption: Anne Dubose Joslin, great, great grandniece of Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce, provides remarks during a commemoration ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of Luce’s death. Luce was the founder of U.S. Naval War College and served as its president from Oct. 6, 1884 until June 22, 1888. He retired from the Navy on Feb. 1, 1889, but continued to write and lecture at NWC until his death at age 90 on July 28, 1917. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/Released)
Courtesy Photo Caption: John Hattendorf, the Ernest J. King professor of maritime history, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), provides remarks during a commemoration ceremony at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of NWC’s founder, Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce’s death. Luce served as NWC’s president from Oct. 6, 1884 until June 22, 1888. He retired from the Navy on Feb. 1, 1889, but continued to write and lecture at NWC until his death at age 90 on July 28, 1917.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/Released)
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