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In In1781 1781 Destined by his family to become a law law- lawyer lawyer lawyer - yer , at the early age of twch twelti twche e a he be dc de deti , eloped a apasstonate apassionate passtonate 1 > 8.8810nnto 88810nnto . desire to enter onter the newly created createdUnited createdUnited createdUnited United States navy But in obedience to thedesires the he thedesIres hedesires desIres of ot his family tamlly he applied applled himself to the thestudy thestudy thestudy I theI study of ot law until untll in 1708 when at length thev they thevI theyreleased thevreleased I secmedI released him from trom his legal studies and sccuieda secmeda secureda secmed secured I a midshipman's midshipmans ' ' warrant 'Vllrrant Vllrrant in tne tlfe the navy nD\Y nD Y . \ for himI himHis him himHis I His first service was on the frigate Ganges Gangesduring aI , during urIng the troubles " ' with "lth lth 'ith ith France and he had h'ld hld ' a apart apart apart I . part in the capture of several French privateers privateersmen privateersmen men But Lawrence's Lawrences ' first taste tnste of real fighting fightingcame fightingcame fightingcame came piratesfrom piratestrom during durJng the 'arwith arwith " ' war "ar ar , with dth the tbe Barbarv Barbary pirates trom from 1803 to 1805 180 in'lifch inlifch in which "llich llich " ' he more tlian than oncedistinguished once oncedistinguished oncedistinguished distinguished himself as a n lieutenant under Isaac IsaacBull IsaacHull , BuU Bull , Stephen Decatur and nnd John Rodgers nodgers nodgersIn RodgersIn RodgersIn In 1808 1809 he was 'as as \ ' \ as made first lieutenant ot of theConstitution t.ho tho the theConstitution . ; Con Constitution Utution and his h1s ser sen Ices on the famous famons Old OldI OldIronsides OldIronsides I boI Ironsides heheld maiked marked matl < ed the la&t lat last & subordinate subordmate place heheld bo he I held The next year } ear he was placed In cornmand com corn command cornmand mand of ot the \ ' \ ixon hen Ixen : which he e a exchanged .chanbed chanbed : > . .chan chan . , ed for tor the theWas theWasp theHornet theBornet Was theWasp Wasp ! , and finally finallv the Alfeiis AlbUS Azus , In 1811he 1811lie 1811 , ho got the Hornet Bornet , , a fast and nnd beautiful little cruiser , car- car carryJng carrying car carrying - rying ryJng 18 guns and he was In command of at her herwhen herwhen herwhen when . the t.he long expected declaration dethraUon of ot war'ith warith " war 'lr lr ' , ' th [ Enghnd England withEngland thEnghnd war'ithEngland came c\me c me ' \ In 1812In 1812In 1812 1812In In Fcbrunrj February Fcbruar , , 1813 , . Lawicncc La\\lCnCC La lCnCC Lawrence \ , , with tlie the Hornet , Hornetfought fought an engagement with the British nrltl&h nrltlh & ship shipPeacock Peacock ctoryfor Ictorytor Ictoryfor which resulted in a complete 'i i \ ' Ictory tor for the t.he . ioung young oung American Amerlc'1n Amerlc1n ' commander commnnder and andon \\on on 'on \ ' tor for wonfor ontor 'onfor IscYork 1eYork AewYork him not onl only ; the ftcedom fLeedom fteedom of ot the elt city ) of ot 1\e\\ 1 e Aew \ Isc \ goldmedal York , , . a handsome piece of plate phte piste and a gold medal from trom that municipality but also the thanks thanksof thanksof thanksof of congress But this was the last glimpse gHmpse ot of brIghtness ofbrightness otbrIghtness In Lawrence's Lawrences V1\vrence V1 vrence Inwrence's Inwrences \ ' < : . short life Hfe He Be lie hnd had hadhoped hndboppd boppd hoped to be placed In command of the theConstitution Constitution but his bits hopes were "ere ere 'ere " ' daslied dasbed dashed when whenbe whenhe he was ordered . to t.o take talte command of the Chesa Chesa- Chesapeake Chesa- Chesa Chesapeake Chesapeake - - Boston fibston peake , then being fitted out for auice scrtice sen au\ au \ ice at Bos- Bos fibs- fibs Bos - ton tonThe theUnited The Chesapeake \ ' was a as : . , the "hoodoo hoodoo " ' ship " of ot the United States navy at that thnt time From rrom Prom the very first veryGrst veryfirst she had been an unpopular ship , for she sheVas \Vas Vas was \ thouEht tbou wastbou wasthought VasthouEht ltt to be weak We'll Well week ' . . for her sle 811e sire ? an and . she was a very avery whileunder ordinary fcaller bailer On June 22 . , 1807 1801 , , while under Bar-ron Bar ron Bnrron Barron the command of ot Commodore James Bnr- Bnr Bar- Bar - ron , the tlle Chesapeake " ' was "as as 'as an actor Rctor In a morti mortI- - fying fylng mortifying mortIfylng event en.nt ennt . which wai wa'l wal wag ' to have hue hive far reaching re ro- ro roo ( ) - . ults IUlts lults roults rooIUlts On that date fche bhe the was "as as 'as " ' stopped by the 6J ' J . , wN y , % vnw 1 . Albert Halstead , , American consul general generalat at Plymouth , England , , opening the "door door " of ofunity ofunity ofunity unity " " leading to the Pryston house of St An- An Andrews Andrews An Andrews - drews church The service was unique in the thehistory thehistory thehistory history of the church because of Its international Internatlonal Internatlon internation al character . . Coincident with the opening of ofthe ofthe ofthe the door , the unveiling of the memorial to two twoAmerican twoAmerican twoAmerican American naval officers who v/ere v ere were / burled on the thespot thespot thespot spot In 1813 took place 2 Capt James Lawrence , the heroic YOUtTg young YOUtTgAmerIcan youngAmerican youngAmerican AmerIcan naval commander who lost his life In Inthe Inthe ( nthe the battle between the Chesapeake and the theShannon theShannon theShannon Shannon during the War of 1812 3 England's Englands ' peace link with America The Thepicture Thepicture Thepicture picture shows Vice Admiral Barrage Burrage of the U U.S US . S S . . Detroit talking with the mayor priest ofthe of ofthe ofthe the city tlty of Plymouth , , England , on the occasion occasionof occasionof occasionof of the unveiling ofa of a memorial tablet to Ameri Ameri- American American American - can prisoners of war who died In the Dartmoor Dartmoorprtson Dartmoorprison Dartmoorprison prtson prison there during dUrtng the War of 1812 . The tablet tabletwas tabletwas tabletwas was unveiled in 1928 by Mrs Mra Samuel WIlliams WIlliamsEarle WilliamsEarle WilliamsEarte Earle , , a descendant of Roger Williams and an anofficial anofficial anofficial official of the United States State-a State a - Daughters of the theWar theWar theWar War of 1812 4 The famous battle flag with Its motto of of"Don't of"Don't of"Don't ofDont "Don't Dont " ' Give Up the Ship " " flown by CommodoreOliver Commodore CommodoreOliver CommodoreOliver Oliver Hazard Perry In his hi victory over the theBritish theBritish theBritish British at the Battle of Lake Erie . . Tho The flag flap Is Ispreserved Ispreserved Ispreserved preserved at the United States Naval academyat academy at Annapolis , Mdai Md _ _ ai- ai aia - . a : - British ship Leopard on the excuse that three threemembers threemembers threemembers members of her crew " were "ere ere deserteis desertm deserters s from the theBrltlsh theBritish theBritish Brltlsh British frigate MelampusThere DlelampusThere Melampus Dlelampus MelampusThere There had lead been great negligence ne1Jgence . ; In preparing preparingthe the Chesapeake Ches'1peake Ches1peake ' for sea sen and nnd she " ' was "as as 'as In no 110 con condlUon condition conditton dlUon dition to resist the demands of the comman commander commanderof er erof of the Leopard So when Commodore Barron Barroncleared Barroncleared Barrencleared cleared the ship for action actloD , , the time Chesapeake Chesapcalte Chesnpealce feU fell feUan fellan fellan an easy victim to the broadsides of or the Ll.opard Llopard Leopard Ll.opardand Leopardand L Lopardand . < -opardand opardand - and was forced to strike st.rlke strlke . her flag fiag after cuft'ering cuftering cu1Yering : sufferinga cuft'eringIi cu1Yeringa ' Ii a loss of 18 wounded and three killed l.llled lllled . Then the theLeopar theLeopard theLeopard Leopar Leopard sent a n parh part'i parti ' aboard , seized the three threenlleged threealleged threealleged nlleged alleged deserters and nnd made off ot ! while "hUe hUe 'bile bile " ' the disgiaced dis disglRced disgraced glRced graced Chesapeake returned return'ct returnct ( ' . to t.o Norfolk Norfoll < , Va Ya YaSince VaSince VaSince Since this Incident the Chesapeake had be become become become come more and more an obj object t of or dislike in thenavy the thenaV1 thenavy naV1 navy The pallors saIlors hated her and would not en lIst enlist in hei hel her if 1 ! thev they could help It No officer "ould ould sould "ouldserve " wouldserve souldserve serve on her decks dechs If Jf he could 0\ 0 as . a\old a old 0old \ old It , conse conse- conseQuently conse- conse consequently consequently - - quently sho she " ' was 'as as as officered by juniors who "ho ho 'ho " ' had to tal.e tale take totake total.e . her because they the could do no betterNo betterNo better betterNo No Nowonder . ; - -wonder wonder - then tben that Lav Ll1\ucnce Ll1 ucnce Laurence \ , rence \ v ' \ as dlsmaJ dlsmay disma ; ed edwhen edwhen edwhen when he tie " ' was "as as as assigned a'5lgned a'5 a5 ' \lgned lgned < \ to the Chesapeake He begged Hebegged to remain with the Hornet but hia his re- re reqUl'st re- re request re request - - quest qUl'st qUlst ' " was "as as denied So In 1n 1\Iah 1 Iah May \ MB ) , 1813 181J , , he took toOh . com corn command cornmand cornmnnd cornmnndLawrence mand mandLa mandLawrence La\ La Lawrence Larence , \ rence found the ship bhlp short ot of officers ofhcers oficers nnd and tho those andthose nndtho Hcutenant lieutennnt lieutenant < ; e he had were tiery \ ery young ounj His HJs Ills first firbt lieu tennnt tenant , August Aug-ust Aug ust - Ludlo Ludlow LUdlon Ludlowas ' , \\as as 'HIS HIS was \ ' \ on onii only I ) tvicnti tentJ t\\ t tss \ entJ enty one and oneand lieutenanton heuten'lnton heutenenton h'1 h1 had ' neicr neer neter ne\ ne \ er before hefore sel seivcd served veri as ns first heuten'lnt heutenlnt heutenent ' on a frigate frlg'lte frlglte ' His Hlq other officers midshipmen shlpmen were ml midship shlp men senIng serting sen Ing as lieutenants Heutcnants Inrfcc1\ Inrfcc1 Inrfcc1made larbCh IarbeIt Ills IIIs cre crevi crevias creas " ' ti \\as as \ ' \as as \ as larbC Iarbe h It \ made up of ot foreigners forcul'ners forculners and , ' one , , n a Portuuese Portuguese Portugueseboatswain's Portugueseboatswains Portuueseboats Portugueseboats'nin's boats boats'nin's boatsnins dissenslon dissension " ' nin's nins ' mate In'lte Inlte ' , "as as was " as acth aether aetitely el ) preaching prc\thlng prc thlng ' \ " , dis , J ] senslon sension because bcc'1l1se bcc1l1se ' the crew had paidthe p'lhlthe not been p'lhl plhl paid ' the small amount of ot pil pI pure i7C e mouci money moue due from the last thelast cruiseSo cruiseSo cruise cruiseSo So It must ml1&t ml1t & h'l hl ha'i hai ba\e ba e ' \ ' e a been with "lth lth " ' Ith considerable fore boding foreboding that tlie the young |