Commodore Barry Club has big travel plans this year
Members of the Commodore Barry Club of Brooklyn will have to pack their bags this spring as they set off on two separate journeys in their quest to get the country to give more recognition to the Irish immigrant and Revolutionary War hero who has been dubbed by historians as the Father of the U.S. Navy.
Mary Nolan, president of the Bay Ridge-based club, said she and her members will travel down to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9 for the dedication of a monument to Barry. “We’re thrilled there’s finally going to be a monument,” Nolan told the Brooklyn Eagle.
The academy’s front gate was named in honor of Barry a few years ago.