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The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21-foot-tall (6.4 m) grey granite obelisk.It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died during the sinking of his ship, SS Central America, on September 12, 1857 while helping to evacuate passengers and crew.
The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in (present-day) East Wenatchee, Washington, dedicated to Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the two men who made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. They departed from Misawa, Japan, on October 4, 1931, and landed near this site 41 hours later. [2]
Herndon Monument Climb – a year-end informal ritual (analogous to the "cover toss" at graduation) marking the passage from plebe to third-classman. The new upperclassmen raise a classmate to the top of the monument to replace a dixie cup sailor cover with the combination cover traditional to midshipmen.
First-year students at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Maryland completed the traditional Herndon Monument Climb on May 22, marking the end of their “plebe” year at the academy.Video ...
The Herndon Monument, a granite structure, has been coated with a this layer of vegetable shortening, in a move designed to make the task harder. The annual tradition began in 1950, and sees ...
The Herndon Monument climb is complete for 2022! U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 4th Class Nick McGowan, 20, of Sioux City, Iowa, capped Herndon. The Class of 2025 climbed the grease-covered ...
Commander William Lewis Herndon (25 October 1813 – 12 September 1857) was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 he led a United States expedition to the Valley of the Amazon, and prepared a report published in 1854 and distributed widely as Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon .
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