Get A Lone Sailor Statue In Your Community

Statue Outreach Backround
The Lone Sailor© statue was dedicated along with the United States Navy Memorial on October 13, 1987. The Naval Heritage Center opened adjacent to the Navy Memorial in 1991 and the next year The Homecoming© statue was dedicated and placed on the Quarterdeck entrance to the center.

Ten years after the dedication of the original Lone Sailor statue, the idea of "reaching out" to other communities with the beautiful bronze statues occurred. The first of these was The Lone Sailor© dedicated at Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, IL in 1997. The first of The Homecoming© statues outside the nation's capitol was dedicated in San Diego, CA in 1998. Since then, many more communities have expressed interest in obtaining statues.

Currently 12 Lone Sailor statues and four Homecoming statues have been placed throughout the country (view Navy Memorials Around the Country now!).

Statue Request Process
The process for our Statue Outreach Program is simple. The Navy Memorial must receive a formal request for a statue from a local command, citizen’s committee or individual. The request must indicate that the requestors recognize the scope and cost of the project and include a detailed local proposal, a statement of purpose and location, ceremonial aspects, a detailed fundraising plan provided by the local project leaders and a timeline for project completion, as well as key contacts for the project. The Navy Memorial will serve as an advisor to the project manager.

Once the request is approved, a local project committee can begin fund-raising unless funds are already available. The basic cost of the statue includes sculptor's fees, casting of the statue (Sailor with Sea bag is the only option for a Lone Sailor Statue), transportation and insurance, site installation and administrative costs. It must be emphasized that this fee does not include any land acquisition, site preparation, or any other costs which the local committee may incur in securing a local site for the statue placement.  A minimum of six months is necessary from the time of actually ordering and funding the statue to site delivery.

If you would like to have a Lone Sailor or Homecoming statue in your hometown, contact Farrand O’Donohue at 202-380-0755 or email her at odonoghue@navymemorial.org.