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 Commodore John Barry - Philadelphia, PA Posted by:  bluesnote
N 39° 56.899 W 075° 09.008
18S E 487174 N 4422031
The founder of the United States Navy was also born in Wexford, Ireland in 1745.
Waymark Code: WMTRYN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2017
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Taken from Wikipedia, "John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He came to be widely credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and shares that moniker with John Paul Jones) and was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775.[1] He was the first captain placed in command of a US warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag. After the war, he became America's first commissioned naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797."
TITLE: Commodore John Barry
ARTIST(S): Murray, Samuel, 1870-1941, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.
DATE: ca. 1906. Dedicated March 16, 1907.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 75009322
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Independence Square, Behind Independence Hall, between 5th & 6th, Chestnut & Walnut streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Some corrosion and color issues noted.
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