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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/7/26 – LIGHTHOUSE DAY!

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It was August 7th, 1789 that Congress approved an “Act For The Establishment And Support Of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys And Public Piers,” leaving us no choice but to celebrate NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY! A welcome sight for sailors seeking shelter from the storm, oil painters looking for a change of pace from windmills, and movie directors […]

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/10/25 – NAVAL SCHOOL DAY!

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It’s a much better name than the Philadelphia Naval Asylum, where America’s future Naval Officers were trained until October 10, 1845, when the new Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland, making today NATIONAL NAVAL SCHOOL DAY! Since renamed the United States Naval Academy and called “Annapolis” by most people, our world famous naval academy has

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