Transport secretary receives standing ovation for restoring painting of Jesus Christ at Merchant Marine Academy

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John Knox

Oct 1, 2025

Sean Duffy got it done. "Christ on the Water" is back where it belongs.

Credit: U.S. Department of Transportation

Here's a video showing the restoration, featuring the dulcet tones of Creed. 😌

Under previous leadership (Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden), the Merchant Marines Academy moved a famous painting of Jesus Christ walking on water from a place of prominence in the academy to the basement.

The painting was commissioned in 1944 to honor torpedoed seamen in WW2. In 2023, but a single complaint about the painting gave the Biden admin reason to move it out of sight into a basement hallway.

Transportation Secretary Duffy asked the mariners during his Good Friday visit if they wanted the artwork restored.

You love to see a government not ashamed to be associated with Jesus Christ. ✝️


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