What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: To commemorate the birthplace of one of America's first Naval officers and a hero of the American Revolution Captain John Paul Jones 1747 - 1792. Recorded plaque organisation: Sons of the American Revolution.
John Paul Jones, a Scottish-American naval officer, is renowned as one of the founders of the U.S. Navy and for his daring raids against British shipping during the American Revolution, earning him the nickname "Father of the American Navy."
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