U.S. Naval Academy Pennant
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960s
name: label: referenced
content: United States Naval Academy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pennant representing the United States Naval Academy is dark blue with yellow lettering that reads "Navy" and the team mascot of a goat and lettering, "Get Em Goat" in yellow. The United States Naval Academy is represented by a goat today, however, in the past the team has been represented by a gorilla, cats, a bulldog and a carrier pigeon. The goat was eventually chosen as the team's permanent mascot due to the fact that goats were common on early ships. The goats would eat garbage and any undesirable food and turn it into milk, which could also be made into butter. Of course the ships would also carry livestock as it provided a source of fresh meat for the sailors during their ventures. The first goat mascot at a Navy game was named El Cid however after the first official goat mascot appeared in the early 1900s the goat was given the name Bill which was the name of a pet goat kept by Commander Colby M. Chester, Commandant of Midshipmen from 1891-1894.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Education
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0257.070
label: accession number
content: 1982.0257
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0257.070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pennant, collegiate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 28 in; 27.305 cm x 71.12 cm