Luce Hall at the Naval War College in 1913. The building was named for Stephen B. Luce, first president of the Naval War College and author of the first article in the inaugural issue of Proceedings. Photo: Naval War College.
My great-grandfather was one of the first graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the founder of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport. Married to a grand niece of Martha Washington, he was active in the Episcopal Church. As a Rear Admiral, he contributed to the now-discredited concept of “Manifest Destiny.”
Video: Who was Rear Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce?
New York, N.Y. My great-grandfather was among the first graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and founded the U.S. Naval War College in Newport. He married a grand niece of Martha Washington and was active in the Episcopal Church.
As a Rear Admiral, Commodore Stephen Bleecker Luce, along with his colleague Alfred Thayer Mahan, helped develop the concept of “Manifest Destiny,” promoting the spread of American Christianity to other parts of the world (Mexican War, Spanish-American War, Philippines, etc.).
Today, a major academic building in Annapolis bears his name, which I visited often as a child with my grandmother, Agnes Foote Luce.
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