Duffy celebrates as USMMA Jesus painting brought up from basement: 'All glory to God!'
Duffy celebrates as USMMA Jesus painting brought up from basement: 'All glory to God!'
By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter
Monday, August 11, 2025
A historic painting of Jesus saving sailors lost at sea was brought up last week from a chapel basement at the U.S. (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, according to a midshipman who spoke to The Christian Post.
"All glory to God! 'Christ on the Water' is out of the basement," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted to X Friday, along with a photo the midshipman shared with CP last Thursday. "Work will continue to get it fully restored and back into a place of prominence. To our amazing men and women at [USMMA] — religious expression is something we celebrate, not condemn."
The relocation of the 1944 painting, titled "Christ on the Water," comes four months after Duffy first visited the USMMA and drew raucous applause from midshipmen when he called for its restoration during a speech at the school's annual Battle Standard Dinner on April 3.
The painting had hung in the USMMA's Wiley Hall ... until a 2023 letter from ... Mikey Weinstein demanded its removal, claiming a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Under the leadership of the recently removed USMMA Superintendent Vice Adm. Joanna M. Nunan, the school's administration first covered the painting with a curtain during official events before placing it in the flood-prone basement of the school's chapel.
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