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A Night Out: The Navy Memorial Lone Sailor Awards
The Navy Memorial Lone Sailor Awards dinner brought a slew of government officials and military personnel to the National Building Museum this week.
By
Eliot Stein
The Presentation of the Colors at the awards dinner.
>> See a slideshow from the evening here What: The Navy Memorial Lone Sailor Awards dinner.
Where: The National Building Museum.
When: Tuesday, September 22, 6 to 10:30.
Who: The black-tie gala was a who’s who of distinguished men in uniform, politicians, and their spouses attached at the arm. With so many decorated seamen, high-ranking Marines, and Congressmen, the only misters and misses in attendance seemed to be with the media. Among those drawing the most attention were Kentucky Senator and former major-league pitcher Jim Bunning; Tennessee Congressional representatives Marsha Blackburn and Steve Cohen; Pennsylvania Congressman Christopher Carney; vice chief of naval operations Jonathan Greenert; former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe; former CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time Walter Isaacson; John McCain’s mother, Roberta McCain; master chief petty officer of the navy Rick West; and former commandant of the Marines Paul X. Kelley. After hobnobbing with photographers and admirers during the VIP cocktail hour, the boldfaced names turned their attention to the evening’s three awards recipients: cosmetic business giant Leonard Lauder; FedEx founder Fred Smith; and baseball great Yogi Berra.
Scene: Named after the symbolic statue standing outside the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, the Lone Sailor Awards honor distinguished sea-service veterans who exemplify military values in their civilian career. In fact, without a resume of brass honors dangling from your uniform or a posse of aids trailing your every move, even those in the blackest of ties could feel under-dressed beneath the vaulted arcades and Doric columns of the National Building Museum. This was probably the only awards show in town preceeded by a national anthem and pledge of allegiance (capped off with a cry of “Go Navy, beat Army!”), and at no point did Kanye West rush the stage to dispute the show’s outcome. Slick government contractors rubbed shoulders with well-heeled dignitaries, and two jumbo-trons played narrated videos recapping each recipient’s lifetime achievements to more standing ovations than a State of the Union address.
“When I told my wife I’d be honored with Yogi, she said ‘You better be funny!,’ ” Leonard Lauder, the former president of Estée Lauder, said when accepting his award. After dinner, he told us that he hoped to visit the National Gallery of Art while in town and that “the Meyerhoff Collection is a great gift to the city and the nation.”
Said an emotional Fred Smith: “While I have enormous pride in FedEx, nothing has given me more pride in my life than being a Marine and leading troops in uniform,” before accepting the Lone Sailor award on behalf of “the men inscribed next to the Lincoln Memorial.”
The most anticipated honoree was undoubtedly Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, who served as a Navy soldier during the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach. Though known for his “Yogi-ism” sayings, the baseball great was introduced by his three sons as “the most quoted man in America who never says a thing.” True to form, Berra kept his speech short: “I didn’t know a lot when I started the Navy, but I learned a lot real quick. Going in [to Omaha Beach] looked like the Fourth of July, and I thought ‘I’m too young to die.’ Thank God I made it.”
Food: Lump crabcake drizzled with Hollandaise sauce, blood-red filet mignon marinated in red wine, and a side of potatoes with asparagus. “Did you eat the beef?” Roberta McCain asked us after dinner. “I’ve never eaten better beef in my life!” More>> Capital Comment Blog | News & Politics | Party Photos
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Posted by: xinxinxin, Jun 29, 2011 04:26:03 AM
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.
Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
Mickey
Posted by: Mickey, Oct 03, 2009 01:26:43 PM
I enjoyed this article. Mr. Stein’s writings are insightful and interesting. I particularly enjoyed reading Mr. Stein’s guidebook on Sardinia.
Posted by: Mike Ain, Sep 24, 2009 02:33:32 PM
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