Upcoming Events

Corporate Events
Golf Tournament
Lone Sailor Awards Dinner
Fantail Breakfasts

Public Events
Matinees at the Memorial
Blessing of the Fleets
Memorial Day
Concerts on the Avenue
Battle of Midway 66th Commemoration
July 4th
Merchant Marine Birthday
POW-MIA Day
Navy Day in D.C. (Navy Birthday)
Veterans Day
Pearl Harbor Day
Annual Family Holiday Open House
Sailors of the Year
Exhibits
Navy Medicine: Saving Lives on Land and Sea  
Blue Angels: 60 Years of Flying Excellence  
Strategic Systems: America's Seaborne Deterrent  
 
 

Find A Lone Sailor Statue Near You


The Lone Sailor© statue was dedicated along with the United States Navy Memorial on October 13, 1987. The Naval Heritage Center opened adjacent to the Navy Memorial in 1991 and the next year The Homecoming© statue was dedicated and placed on the Quarterdeck entrance to the center.

Ten years after the dedication of the original Lone Sailor statue, the idea of "reaching out" to other communities with the beautiful bronze statues occurred. The first of these was The Lone Sailor© dedicated at Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1997. The first of The Homecoming© statues outside the nation's capital was dedicated in San Diego, California, in 1998.  Since then, many more communities have expressed interest in obtaining statues.

Currently 12 Lone Sailor statues and four Homecoming statues have been placed throughout the country. Click here to learn about the Statue Outreach Program and to see a list of cities where you can find a Lone Sailor statue or a The Homecoming© statue near your home. 
 

 


 


 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 
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