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==Traditions==
* ''[[Anchors Aweigh]]'' is a popular song written historically at the Naval Academy, subsequently coming to stand for the entire United States Navy. The lyrics are by Midshipman Alfred H. Miles, set to music by 2nd Lieutenant [[Charles A. Zimmermann|Zimmerman]], USMC, bandmaster of the [[United States Naval Academy Band|Naval Academy Band]] starting in 1887. After writing "Anchors Aweigh" they dedicated it to the Class of 1907. The song is sung during sporting events, pep rallies, and played by the Drum and Bugle Corps during noon meal formations. Members of the Navy and Marine Corps, unless marching, are supposed to come to attention while it is playing. The original verse (quoted below) is learned by midshipmen as plebes.
* "[[Navy Blue and Gold|Blue and Gold]]" is the name of Naval Academy's [[Alma mater (song)|Alma Mater]].<ref name="auto"/> The song is sung at the conclusion of every sporting event, at the end of pep rallies and at alumni gatherings. It is also sung in most companies by the plebes at the conclusion of the day during Plebe Summer and end of the week during the academic year; this event is also referred to as "Blue and Gold", which is a short gathering to review the day for better or worse with the upperclass midshipmen.
* ''[[Herndon Monument]] Climb'' – a year-end informal ritual (analogous to the "cover toss" at graduation) marking the passage from plebe to third-classman. The new upperclassmen raise a classmate to the top of the monument to replace a dixie cup sailor cover with the combination cover traditional to midshipmen.<ref name="gloss">{{cite web | url=http://www.usna-parents.org/glossary.html | title=Glossary of Navy Terms | publisher=Usna-parents.org | access-date=10 October 2011 | archive-date=30 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930130129/http://www.usna-parents.org/glossary.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="handb">{{cite web | url=http://www.usna.org/handbook/navspeak.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120304011429/http://www.usna.org/handbook/navspeak.html | archive-date= 4 March 2012 |title= NAVspeak Glossary – Translations of Navy Slang for Parents of Midshipmen attending the US Naval Academy |publisher=Usna.org |access-date= 10 October 2011}}</ref> For the event, Herndon is covered with lard. Only teamwork will result in the changing of caps. In 2008, the dixie cup removed and the cover placed belonged to Midshipman Kristen Dickmann, Class of 2011, who had died a few days previously. These were the first women's caps used for the Climb.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503579.html |title=Plebes Rise To Occasion As Tradition Carries On |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Nelson |last=Hernandez |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709193132/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503579.html |url-status=live }}</ref>