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National Museum of the United States Navy
tourist highlight National Museum of the United States Navy · , United States · 1961-01-01
Flagship museum of the United States Navy. Opened 1961.
The record
| Date | 1961-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Place | National Museum of the United States Navy, , United States |
| Coordinates | 38.8733, -76.9953 (landmark-level precision) |
| Scope | Local interest |
| Sources | Wikidata Q2790860 |
| Added | 2026-08-14 · source: wikidata-tourist |
Coordinates are given at landmark level. A landmark-level coordinate points at the structure; a city-level one points at the settlement, not at a parcel.
Finding photographs
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- The reference article — its own illustrations, and its citations to archives.
- Image search filtered to reusable licences — useful for tracing which institution holds a picture.
- National and municipal archives of United States, and the picture desks of newspapers published there at the time.
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Footage
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Time layers at this place
One place, several moments in time. This location has 12 recorded time layers between 1933 and 2021 — slide through them:
- 1933 — “The only thing we have to fear”
- 1941 — “A date which will live in infamy”
- 1954 — The Army-McCarthy hearings
- 1960 — Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
- 1961 — “Ask not what your country can do for you”
- 1961 — National Museum of the United States Navy this page
- 1965 — The Voting Rights Act is signed
- 1989 — National Museum of the American Indian
- 2017 — first inauguration of Donald Trump
- 2021 — January 6 United States Capitol attack
- 2021 — inauguration of Joe Biden
- 2021 — April 2021 United States Capitol attack
Harvested from a regional source. This entry came out of Wikidata Q2790860 rather than being written here, which is why it is short and why it is marked as needing a check. It is published as a lead for someone who knows the place: fill it in.
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- “Ask not what your country can do for you” (1961)Washington, D.C.
- The Voting Rights Act is signed (1965)Washington, D.C.