WMAL’s morning radio show “O’Connor and Company” interviewed Vice Admiral John Nowell Jr., USN (Ret) on January 7, 2025 about the Navy Memorial’s role in President Jimmy Carter’s State Funeral.
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Vice Admiral John B. Nowell Jr., USN (Ret.), was interviewed by Fox5DC over the course of 3 days about the United States Navy Memorial's unique role in President Carter's State Funeral and his legacy. Watch each of his segments here.
Trains for the Yellow and Green Lines will bypass the station during the closure, WMATA said. The United States Navy Memorial will be the site of one of the events honoring Carter, according to a press release from the memorial. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m., "President Carter's remains will be transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson at the United States Navy Memorial and Visitors Center before proceeding to the United States Capitol." Carter authorized the construction of the memorial in 1980, and chose the memorial as the site for that part of his funeral. Carter also spent years in service in the U.S. Navy, and said it gave him the values of "courage, self-sacrifice, idealism, and self-discipline," the memorial said in the release.
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Published 11:00 pm Wednesday, January 1, 2025 - By Joshua Windus - The United States Navy Memorial joins the nation in mourning the passing of President Jimmy Carter. Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr., USN (Ret.), President and CEO of the U.S. Navy Memorial, issued the following statement:
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TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 2024 […] Carter and his family will then travel by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the U.S. Navy Memorial where his remains are transferred from the hearse to a horse drawn caisson for a funeral procession up to the U.S. Capitol at 2 p.m.
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Through fog and rain on Friday morning, a 7-foot statue of a sailor faced a crowd filled with veterans of the US Navy and other military branches who sacrificed their personal freedoms in service of the nation.
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