The oldest military monument in the U.S. honors participants in this event.
Bunker’s Hill
War with Iroqouis
War with Barbary Coast Pirates
Battle of New Orleans
War with Barbary Coast Pirates. America’s small navy was ordered to the Mediterranean to protect U.S. merchant ships. Captain David Porter, who had been a prisoner of the pirates, started a campaign to honor his former shipmates. A marble monument carved in Italy in 1806 was brought to the U.S. It now stands at the U.S. Naval Academy.