This year's theme is 'On Watch - 24/7 for 247 Years.'
The public is also encouraged to visit their local naval museums, watch a naval movie, or visit the closest naval base to also celebrate the milestone. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, the Continental Congress established what is now the U.S. Navy on October 13, 1775.
The event was marked with "a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months…."A miniature Australian shepherd got excited when one of his owners returned from military deployment to the family’s home.
After the American Revolutionary War— or the American War of Independence— the U.S. Constitution gave power to the new Congress "to provide and maintain a navy."However, in 1972, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt officially proclaimed October 13 to be the Navy’s birthday.
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