Did You Know???

Today is Navy Day.

It was established on October 27, 1922, by the Navy League of the United States. That particular day was suggested to align it with and to recognize former President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday.

Roosevelt had been an Assistant Secretary of the Navy and supported a strong Navy as well as the idea of “Navy Day.”

In addition, October 27th was the anniversary of a 1775 report issued by a special committee of the Continental Congress favoring the purchase of merchant ships as the foundation of an American Navy.