Focus on John Barry Tablet and discuss the Description.
The rectangular tablet features a portrait bust in relief of Barry. An inscription below reads: FATHER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY" / COMMODORE JOHN BARRY / 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 HENDERSON FOUNDATION 1976.