United States Navy Band

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The United States Navy Band, based at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., has served as the official musical organization of the U.S. Navy since 1925. The U.S. Navy Band serves the ceremonial needs at the seat of U.S. government, performing at presidential inaugurations, state arrival ceremonies, state funerals, state dinners, and other significant events.

United States Navy Band members in 2007

United States Navy Band playing in Oslo, 2022

Washington Navy Yard

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The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is a ceremonial and administrative center for the United States Navy, located in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy, situated along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C.

An aerial view of Washington Navy Yard during 2021

Latrobe Gate, the ceremonial entrance to the Navy Yard

Carpenters time book dated Nov 22, 1819, enumerates the time ship carpenters, ship joiners and boat builders spent on different jobs. The projects listed include refitting the USS Congress, USS Columbia, working in the Mould Loft, and building "Patterns." In the lower right-hand corner is a doodle of two shorebirds. Time book may have been that of early WNY employee William Easby 1791 -1854. Navy Library Collection

"Sailors or Laborers Wanted" for Washington Navy Yard, City of Washington Gazette 1 Dec 1819