Excerpt from Address of Michael J. Ryan, Esq.: At the Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Commodore John Barry, Father of the American NavyIn this, the city of his home and his grave, we have met, upon the one hundredth anniversary of his death, to honor the memory of Commodore John Barry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.