John Paul Jones - Statue, 1914. Washington DC. The John Paul Jones Memorial, by Charles Henry Niehaus, commemorates John Paul Jones, the United States' first naval war hero, father of the US Navy, and the only naval officer to receive a Congressional Gold Medal during the American Revolutionary War. Inscription: 'First to compel foreign man-of-war to strike colors to the stars and stripes'.
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