Surrender? I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight
N 38° 53.288 W 077° 02.371
18S E 323108 N 4306339
An historical statue to a famous naval hero of the Revolutionary War.
Statue
Waymark Code: WMRVEX
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2016
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John Paul Jones was America's greatest Revolutionary naval commander and founder of America's naval tradition. He was born simply John Paul, the son of an estate gardener in Scotland in 1747. His actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the American Navy" (an epithet he shares with John Barry). John Paul Jones was a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made many friends and enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. He later served in the Imperial Russian Navy, subsequently obtaining the rank of rear admiral.
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Date dedicated: 04/17/1912
Sponsor(s): National Park Service
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