Lejeune Hall (sometimes called the Lejeune Physical Education Center) is a sports complex and arena at the

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in Annapolis, Maryland. It currently houses the academy's

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and

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practice arena, and

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, and the Naval Academy's Athletic Hall of Fame. Lejeune Hall Diving Platforms

History

The Lejeune Hall was built in 1982 in honor of Lt. General John Archer Lejeune. The facility came with an aquatic natatorium which has an Olympic size pool (25m × 50m) and a diving well. The diving platforms vary from , , and . The Natatorium also has a few diving boards. In 2013, the Lejeune Hall under went renovations where much of the flooring was redone and all the pools were also renovated with new tiles and new starting blocks.

Features

The Lejeune Hall features a weight room,

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and a classroom. In the natatorium, features included are 600 pullout seats for spectators and a large LED display scoreboard. Visitors touring the campus will be able to see the natatorium through glass windows outside.

Memorials

The Lejeune Hall houses three memorials: *Class of 1940 Memorial – A fountain outside the building dedicated to the alumni of the academy who lost their lives in

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. *Class of 1944 Memorial – A plaza and garden dedicated to the class of 1944. *Class of 1950 Memorial – A large stone to remember Isherwood Hall which had been demolished in 1958.

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History

Features

Memorials

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