The first commander of the American Navy was John Barry. born in County Wexford. Ireland. Let us not forget that it was Maurice OBrien. bornin Cork. Ireland. whose five sons. hearing of the Battle of Lexington. struck the first blow on water for independenceMay 11. 1775by capturing a. British armed schooner. John Hancock. first signer of the Declaration of Independence and twice President of the Continental Congress. was the descendant of an Irish emigrant from Ulster. He not only pledged his life and his fortune to the independence of the Colonies. but he gave his fortune to the cause. some $400.000. Charles Thompson.
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