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Annapolis graduation
Annapolis, Maryland. (May 27, 2005) - Newly commissioned officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their Midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony. The “hat toss,” now a traditional ending to the ceremony, originated at the Naval Academy in 1912. The “hat toss” has since become a symbolic and visual end to the four-year program. Nine hundred-seventy six Midshipmen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and became commissioned officers in the U.S. Military. President George W. Bush delivered the commencement address and personally greeted each graduate during the ceremony. The men and women of the graduating class were sworn into the Navy as Ensigns or into the Marine Corps as Second Lieutenants. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)
 * Support. Neutralitytalk 04:10, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - very interesting image of quite an iconic scene. Raven4x4x 05:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Great camera angle! --Janke | Talk 07:40, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - Great photo! -- Jmabel | Talk 09:15, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - Oh Yeah! TomStar81 10:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Now this is an FP! ~ Veledan • Talk 18:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - I like it! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 21:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Me like! --65.87.105.2 21:51, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Even high-res! This is an excellent photo.. perfect angle and capture.  FP definitely. Drumguy8800 22:45, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Yep. Camerafiend 02:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support I always did love this picture. Nrbelex (talk) 02:57, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Cafe Nervosa | talk  19:18, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support  Fir  e  Fox   21:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ( + ) Support Either version, but it is a bit low res coming from the US millitary IMO --Fir0002 05:24, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Fir, I removed the 2nd thumbnail to save confusion. You added it yourself and it was a link to the same image... Now fixed... I've replaced the copy of the original with the version you uploaded just before and I guess meant to display! ~ Veledan • Talk 11:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. That is one good picture. enochlau (talk) 08:47, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - This photo is awesome... well done! -Vontafeijos 16:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support either version. —DO&#39;Neil 03:14, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Brilliant! Alr 22:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Since the high-res one will be the FP, it will have to be added to an article; and the older one removed. --Kilo-Lima 13:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The two images are the same resolution. The second is Fir's edit and I assume he has adjusted the levels a bit to make it brighter on screen. If the edit is promoted, you are right it'll be swapped but at the moment it looks like everyone is happy to support without specifying the version, so the original will likely be kept. ~ Veledan • Talk 18:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment, unless the US Naval Academy invented the hat-toss tradition, I don't think that this image helps aid the US Naval Academy article. It's a great image, but perhaps it could join the Graduation article? -- ʀ6ʍ  ɑ  ʏ89  17:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea. I have added the image to the graduation article. Raven4x4x 10:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

. Kilo-Lima is correct; without anyone specifying their preference I promote the original version. Raven4x4x 05:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

