Sitting quietly off to the side at the busy Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, one of the oldest military monuments in the United States stands strong. Honoring the heroes that fell during the First Barbary War. The monument reflects an early but very important period of American and naval history. Carved in 1806 in Italy, the statue was brought to the United States as ballast on the USS Constitution. Originally erected at the Washington Navy Yard in 1808, it was the federal capital’s first monument and for a period of 35…
