Fall Scavenger Hunt on The Yard

[THParent]

Apparently, this is a thing. If you happen to be visiting, you may want to look for a few of these.

Fall Scavenger Hunt at the Naval Academy

It’s time for the fall edition of the Naval Academy Yard Scavenger Hunt! With thousands of intriguing artifacts scattered throughout this 338-acre area, you could spend weeks trying to locate all of them.

navalacademytourism.com

 

[WT Door]

Interesting. On the Tripoli monument, years ago, I read the bronze placard that told of where the marble originated in Italy. Having visited the region and city where Michelangelo chose his beautiful marble, I noticed "Carrara" was spelled incorrectly as “Carrera.” It is still that way today. This would be a good scavenger hunt prize – find the misspelled word on a placard in the Yard and win a trip to Italy.

 

[Capt MJ]

Interesting. On the Tripoli monument, years ago, I read the bronze placard that told of where the marble originated in Italy. Having visited the region and city where Michelangelo chose his beautiful marble, I noticed "Carrara" was spelled incorrectly as “Carrera.” It is still that way today. This would be a good scavenger hunt prize – find the misspelled word on a placard in the Yard and win a trip to Italy.

Find the monument dedicated to children.

 

[justdoit19]

I have really come to enjoy this relatively new group, @navalacademytourism.com. It’s another place that people can find info, and book tours through. As well as a centralized point for tourism things that are USNA.

 

[Skipper07]

Slightly related tangent— check out “usnahistory” on instagram. The account is run by the history department and is full of crazy/funny/intriguing historical tidbits of usna history.

 

[WT Door]

Find the monument dedicated to children.

This is a stretch but what could be a better monument to children (midshipmen) than a mother? As in Mother “B”. On our next visit I will look in the chapel and rotunda.

 

[LT360]

Slightly related tangent— check out “usnahistory” on instagram. The account is run by the history department and is full of crazy/funny/intriguing historical tidbits of usna history.

Caught sight of DS in a recent post. . We still do the "Waldo hunt" for pictures posted on social media in hopes of getting a glimpse and get giddy when spotted.

 

[Capt MJ]

This is a stretch but what could be a better monument to children (midshipmen) than a mother? As in Mother “B”. On our next visit I will look in the chapel and rotunda.

Water fountain on a corner of Worden Field at the Chapel end of the of the field, closest to the quarters not Alumni Hall. When I lived on that street, I was told some story about why it was there, but I don’t remember the specifics.