Naval Historical
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Naval Historical
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Naval Historical Foundation History Over eighty years ago, Commodore Dudley Knox wrote in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings about the “glaring deficiencies” in collecting and preserving the Navy’s written records. Knox’s article on “Our Vanishing History and Traditions” gave birth to the Naval Historical Foundation in 1926 in Washington, DC under the sponsorship of the Secretary of the Navy. From its initial focus on safeguarding the material culture of the Navy, the NHF has developed into a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the full range of naval history. Today, in addition to providing much needed support to the Navy’s historical programs and its flagship National Museum of the U.S. Navy in Washington, DC, the NHF collects oral histories of Navy veterans from World War II through the Cold War, and publishes articles and sponsors symposiums on important naval history topics. To provide increased access by the public to the Navy’s historical collections of art, artifacts, documents and photographs, the NHF provides historical research and photo reproduction services through its Historical Services Division |
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| Naval Historical Foundation | 1306 Dahlgren
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