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SAITO, Hirosi memorial (Japanese Pagoda) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
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Granite by Unknown
Address: Holloway RdWest side of Luce Hall Nearest Metro: N/A ()
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number MD000503 (dcMem ID #3258)

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With MacDonough Hall in the background
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Looking toward Santee Basin
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In memory of Japanese Ambassador Hirosisaito who died in Washington on Jan 26, 1939 & whose remains were by order of President Franklin D Roosevelt conveyed on board the USS Astoria to his native land. In grateful appreciation of American sympathy and courtesy this pagoda was presented by his wife and child on to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis October 1940
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With Luce Hall in the background
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