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The British convoy finally surrendered after three hours of fighting.

On February 13, 1905, in a message to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt made comment as to John Paul Jones’ burial as a Protestant in France:

For a number of years efforts have been made to confirm the historical statement that the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones were interred in a certain piece of ground in the city of Paris then owned by the Government and used at the time as a burial place for foreign Protestants. These efforts have at last resulted in documentary proof that John Paul Jones was buried, on July 20, 1792, between 8 and 9 o’clock p.m., in the now abandoned cemetery of St. Louis, in the northeastern section of Paris.…

The great interest which our people feel in the story of Paul Jones’s life, the national sense of gratitude for the great service done by him toward the achievement of independence, and the sentiment of mingled distress and regret felt because the body of one of our greatest heros lies, forgotten and unmarked, in foreign soil, lead me to approve the ambassador’s suggestion that Congress should take advantage of this unexpected opportunity to do proper honor to the memory of Paul Jones.1347

John Paul Jones

Mark 16:15 KJV 1900

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.