1936 magazine article ANNAPOLIS United States Naval Academy history color photos - $11 - (Halifax, NS)

Selling is a 1936 magazine article about: ANNAPOLIS Title: ANNAPOLIS, CRADLE OF THE NAVY Author: Lieut. Arthur A Ageton U.S.N. Quoting the first page "To be a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy is the ambition of many an American youth. But it takes dogged persistence to become one. I remember vividly my excitement as I stood looking through the grilled iron bars of the Main Gate at the enticing greenness of the clipped lawns and the tall trees of the Yard. For even though I had my midshipman appointment from my Congressman and had passed a searching mental examination, I was not sure that I could weather the storm of the "Physicals." Behind me was colonial Annapolis and some 3,000 miles of travel from my home in Pullman, Washington. I had passed the previous day in the lovely Anne Arundel city, absorbing something of its fascinating atmosphere-narrow streets radiating spokelike from the tree-shaded circles where Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, and other Revolutionary figures once roamed; Peggy Stewart House, where was conceived Annapolis' own "Tea Party"; the Maryland Statehouse, where Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Armies and where the peace treaty with England was ratified; and St. John's College, one of the oldest in this country. From every State and territory of the United States come the young men who aspire to commissions as naval officers. As I waited, a number of my future classmates joined me-lads from Massachusetts, Arkansas, Hawaii, and even one from the Philippine Islands. After a thorough examination by Navy medical officers, we reported to the Executive Officer of Bancroft Hall. "Fall in, gentlemen!" And we made a feeble attempt to form a line. He directed us to raise our right hands and repeat after him the solemn oath of allegiance. "I, Arthur A. Ageton, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies ... " It was a simple, impr…

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