GLORY! Midshipmen erupt when Duffy demands Jesus painting be restored at Merchant Marine Academy: ‘Let’s bring Him up!’

The Christian Post: The 1944 painting by Hunter Wood, a merchant mariner whose art drew on his own experiences, was at first covered with a curtain during Academy meetings before it was ultimately relegated to a basement that midshipmen claimed was prone to flooding, according to Fox News Digital.

0
53

It makes me very sad that the painting of JESUS was in the basement for heaven’s sake! Oh my goodness! Who would ever put a painting of JESUS in the basement?

The Christian Post

By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter 

Midshipmen at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy erupted in raucous applause last week when Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy called for a painting of Jesus to be brought up from the flood-prone basement where it was placed during the Biden administration.

Multiple midshipmen at the federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, spoke to The Christian Post and said how much the painting means to them.

During remarks made at its annual Battle Standard Dinner on April 3, 2025, Duffy promised to “work my a– off” to ensure the increasingly dilapidated school would receive adequate funding, but drew the most vocal response when he asked for the Jesus painting to be restored. More Here

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.