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 > The Chapel dome.
 > The third Navy Chapel was designed by Ernest Flagg and Phillipe Cret. Admiral George Dewey laid the first cornerstone in 1904 and construction was completed in 1940.
 > "Non sibi, sed patriae" (Not for Self but for Country). The crypt is constantly guarded by midshipmen.
 > President Theodore Roosevelt delivered the principal address at commemorative services in 1906. John Paul Jones was laid to rest in January, 1913, in the crypt designed by Whitney Warren. The sarcophagus of Royal Pyrenees marble donated by the French government, is the work of French sculptor Sylvain Salieres.
 > The detail and precision of the sword are amazing.
 > The sword and scabbard presented by King Louis XVI of France to john Paul Jones in 1780.
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