Speaker. it seems strange that a nation which has commemorated everything from trees to doughnuts by the proclamation of special days and special weeks. has so far failed to recognize the life and service of the Father of the U.S. Navy. It is more than strange. it is distressing. John Barry. an Irish immigrant. went to sea as a youth. and worked his way up to being a welltodo shipowner in Philadelphia. He became an enthusiastic supporter of the Colonies fight for independence in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution. When the fighting started. he offered his services to the Continental Congress. and was placed in command of the brig Lexington.
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