Exposing The World

Maryland: Annapolis

Naval Traditions

The US Naval Academy has turned out naval officer candidates (“midshipmen”) since 1845. Here the US Marine battle flag hangs in the Academy chapel.

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The Naval Academy

Description

Faculty houses
In the Chapel
Lights in the central dome represent the stars of navigation
The tomb of John Paul Jones, founder of the US Navy and famed for leading it into the Revolutionary War.
The two old gatehouses of the Academy have been repurposed for modern use

Town and State House

The Maryland capitol dome is within walking distance of the Academy. It is the oldest statehouse in continuous use, built in 1772.

Boot scrapers like this were needed outside every house in the time of unpaved streets
Entrance of the Statehouse
Finished in Carrara marble
The Working Senate Chamber


View from the State Hiouse steps
Just below the State House is the historic district

The National Cryptologic Museum

A joint project of the CIA and NSA, it shows off WW II and Cold War espionage technology

Disaling a number into the wheels in the center set up a ‘pad’ for encoding
This Cray 2 mainframe computer was most advanced in the world in 1972
Punched paper tape
A keyboard of the US-Soviet Hot Line communications system
A US variant on Enigma used thes e wheels to set up a pad
This early analog computer, or “bombe” was used to quickly test alternative possibilities for an Enigma code
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