U.S. Naval Academy Approves Commodore John Barry Memorial

Full Speed Ahead… By John E. McInerney and Russell W. Wylie Commodore John Barry, the founder of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution, will soon be a person of prominence at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.  In January it was announced that the Academy’s Memorials Oversight Committee approved the Commodore John Barry [...]

John Barry—An American Hero in the Age of Sail

[editor's note] We congratulate Tim McGrath for writing an outstanding and long-overdue book on the heroic life John Barry.  Though born and raised in Wexford until the age of 15, Barry quickly adopted America as his country for which he fought valiantly in its cause for freedom from Britain.  Philadelphia became his new home and [...]

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