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Navy Celebrates 236th Birthday with Video Made by Fans

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published October 13, 2011 at 10:12 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

The United States Navy celebrated its 236th birthday yesterday by posting a video that took 400,000 Facebook friends to make.

Several months ago the Navy asked its hundreds of thousands of Facebook fans to send in images of themselves and their loved ones to be used in the Navy's special 236th birthday video. Take a look at the final product:

http://youtu.be/FLB69DAuKVA

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Beth Ford Roth

Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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