The unveiling of a stone memorial in honor of George Bancroft coincided with what would have been the Worcester-born statesman's 100th birthday. Bancroft, the secretary of the Navy during the Polk ...

"Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft established the Naval School at the former Fort Severn … with a class of 50 midshipmen and seven professors," reported the American Battlefield Trust this ...

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