Commodore John Barry
“Father of the American Navy”
Born in Wexford Ireland 1745
Died in Philadelphia 1803
Received first commission
from the Continental Congress
to command the Lexington 1775
Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778
Acclaimed in Boston in 1780
for victories on the Alliance
Appointed in 1794 by President Washington
to plan the construction of and
later to be in command
of first U.S. Navy
Launched 1798
Erected by the City of Boston
James M. Curley, Mayor
1949
“Tablet restored by the George B. Henderson Foundation, 1976”
Marker is on Tremont Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
