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250331-N-FJ200-1001 WASHINGTON D.C. (March 31, 2025) On display during the Navy Department Library's 225th Anniversary is a brass plaque from 1982 that commemorated the occasion when President John Adams directed the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, to establish a naval library. Today, the library's collection consists of 114,000 book titles, 374,000 manuscripts, and 189,000 periodicals, emphasizing naval, nautical, and military history, including foreign navies. (U.S. Navy photo by Clifford L. H. Davis)
| Date Taken: | 03.31.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.01.2025 12:18 |
| Photo ID: | 8946516 |
| VIRIN: | 250331-N-FJ200-1001 |
| Resolution: | 3280x4928 |
| Size: | 10.24 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 41 |
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The Navy Department Library Celebrates 225th Anniversary
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