Why was John Paul Jones pardoned in Whitehaven in 1999?
The Wikipedia page for John Paul Jones states that he was pardoned in Whitehaven in 1999 for his raid, but doesn't state why. The article that I have found that seems to contain the most information I have found so far is this one.
The main reason I can think of from that article is that there is some symbolic reason related to either the Whitehaven Maritime Festival or the peace treaty with the US Navy (or both), and that this reason is unrelated to whether John's actions were legal or should be ignored, but this reason doesn't feel correct to me.
So why did Whitehaven pardon John Paul Jones?
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The Wikipedia page for John Paul Jones states that he was pardoned in Whitehaven in 1999 for his raid, but doesn't state why. The article that I have found that seems to contain the most information I have found so far is this one.
The main reason I can think of from that article is that there is some symbolic reason related to either the Whitehaven Maritime Festival or the peace treaty with the US Navy (or both), and that this reason is unrelated to whether John's actions were legal or should be ignored, but this reason doesn't feel correct to me.
So why did Whitehaven pardon John Paul Jones?
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A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
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The Wikipedia page for John Paul Jones states that he was pardoned in Whitehaven in 1999 for his raid, but doesn't state why. The article that I have found that seems to contain the most information I have found so far is this one.
The main reason I can think of from that article is that there is some symbolic reason related to either the Whitehaven Maritime Festival or the peace treaty with the US Navy (or both), and that this reason is unrelated to whether John's actions were legal or should be ignored, but this reason doesn't feel correct to me.
So why did Whitehaven pardon John Paul Jones?
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The Wikipedia page for John Paul Jones states that he was pardoned in Whitehaven in 1999 for his raid, but doesn't state why. The article that I have found that seems to contain the most information I have found so far is this one.
The main reason I can think of from that article is that there is some symbolic reason related to either the Whitehaven Maritime Festival or the peace treaty with the US Navy (or both), and that this reason is unrelated to whether John's actions were legal or should be ignored, but this reason doesn't feel correct to me.
So why did Whitehaven pardon John Paul Jones?
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A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
– sempaiscuba♦
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A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
– sempaiscuba♦
8 hours ago
A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
– sempaiscuba♦
8 hours ago
A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
– sempaiscuba♦
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The pardon was arranged by Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant in Whitehaven and founder / CEO of the International Maritime Festivals. Richardson himself has explained that:
The John Paul Jones story was the foundation stone of the Maritime
Festivals and, during the first one in 1999, Jones was pardoned and
the US Navy was given the rare honour of the Freedom of Whitehaven
Harbour.
Thus, sempaiscuba's comment is not far off the mark. The article Whitehaven Maritime Festival 1999 has more details:
On June 26th and 27th 1999 Whitehaven held its first maritime festival
celebrating the history of this once important port and looking
forward to a future as a marina and tourist location, thanks to a
massive investment in the harbour. The event was a huge success with
up to 100,000 people attending over the weekend. The weather was good
except on Saturday night when torrential rain poured down on a
re-enactment of John Paul Jones' raid of 1778.
In short, Whitehaven has a maritime history and celebrating it has boosted the town's tourism. John Paul Jones is a part of that history and using this generated extra news coverage as the ceremony was conducted
in the presence of Lt. Steve Lyons representing the US Naval Attaché
to the UK, and Yuri Fokine the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
Jones also served the Russian navy of Catherine the Great, hence the presence of their ambassador.
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The pardon was arranged by Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant in Whitehaven and founder / CEO of the International Maritime Festivals. Richardson himself has explained that:
The John Paul Jones story was the foundation stone of the Maritime
Festivals and, during the first one in 1999, Jones was pardoned and
the US Navy was given the rare honour of the Freedom of Whitehaven
Harbour.
Thus, sempaiscuba's comment is not far off the mark. The article Whitehaven Maritime Festival 1999 has more details:
On June 26th and 27th 1999 Whitehaven held its first maritime festival
celebrating the history of this once important port and looking
forward to a future as a marina and tourist location, thanks to a
massive investment in the harbour. The event was a huge success with
up to 100,000 people attending over the weekend. The weather was good
except on Saturday night when torrential rain poured down on a
re-enactment of John Paul Jones' raid of 1778.
In short, Whitehaven has a maritime history and celebrating it has boosted the town's tourism. John Paul Jones is a part of that history and using this generated extra news coverage as the ceremony was conducted
in the presence of Lt. Steve Lyons representing the US Naval Attaché
to the UK, and Yuri Fokine the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
Jones also served the Russian navy of Catherine the Great, hence the presence of their ambassador.
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The pardon was arranged by Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant in Whitehaven and founder / CEO of the International Maritime Festivals. Richardson himself has explained that:
The John Paul Jones story was the foundation stone of the Maritime
Festivals and, during the first one in 1999, Jones was pardoned and
the US Navy was given the rare honour of the Freedom of Whitehaven
Harbour.
Thus, sempaiscuba's comment is not far off the mark. The article Whitehaven Maritime Festival 1999 has more details:
On June 26th and 27th 1999 Whitehaven held its first maritime festival
celebrating the history of this once important port and looking
forward to a future as a marina and tourist location, thanks to a
massive investment in the harbour. The event was a huge success with
up to 100,000 people attending over the weekend. The weather was good
except on Saturday night when torrential rain poured down on a
re-enactment of John Paul Jones' raid of 1778.
In short, Whitehaven has a maritime history and celebrating it has boosted the town's tourism. John Paul Jones is a part of that history and using this generated extra news coverage as the ceremony was conducted
in the presence of Lt. Steve Lyons representing the US Naval Attaché
to the UK, and Yuri Fokine the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
Jones also served the Russian navy of Catherine the Great, hence the presence of their ambassador.
answered 6 hours ago
Lars BosteenLars Bosteen
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The pardon was arranged by Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant in Whitehaven and founder / CEO of the International Maritime Festivals. Richardson himself has explained that:
The John Paul Jones story was the foundation stone of the Maritime
Festivals and, during the first one in 1999, Jones was pardoned and
the US Navy was given the rare honour of the Freedom of Whitehaven
Harbour.
Thus, sempaiscuba's comment is not far off the mark. The article Whitehaven Maritime Festival 1999 has more details:
On June 26th and 27th 1999 Whitehaven held its first maritime festival
celebrating the history of this once important port and looking
forward to a future as a marina and tourist location, thanks to a
massive investment in the harbour. The event was a huge success with
up to 100,000 people attending over the weekend. The weather was good
except on Saturday night when torrential rain poured down on a
re-enactment of John Paul Jones' raid of 1778.
In short, Whitehaven has a maritime history and celebrating it has boosted the town's tourism. John Paul Jones is a part of that history and using this generated extra news coverage as the ceremony was conducted
in the presence of Lt. Steve Lyons representing the US Naval Attaché
to the UK, and Yuri Fokine the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
Jones also served the Russian navy of Catherine the Great, hence the presence of their ambassador.
answered 6 hours ago
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The pardon was arranged by Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant in Whitehaven and founder / CEO of the International Maritime Festivals. Richardson himself has explained that:
The John Paul Jones story was the foundation stone of the Maritime
Festivals and, during the first one in 1999, Jones was pardoned and
the US Navy was given the rare honour of the Freedom of Whitehaven
Harbour.
Thus, sempaiscuba's comment is not far off the mark. The article Whitehaven Maritime Festival 1999 has more details:
On June 26th and 27th 1999 Whitehaven held its first maritime festival
celebrating the history of this once important port and looking
forward to a future as a marina and tourist location, thanks to a
massive investment in the harbour. The event was a huge success with
up to 100,000 people attending over the weekend. The weather was good
except on Saturday night when torrential rain poured down on a
re-enactment of John Paul Jones' raid of 1778.
In short, Whitehaven has a maritime history and celebrating it has boosted the town's tourism. John Paul Jones is a part of that history and using this generated extra news coverage as the ceremony was conducted
in the presence of Lt. Steve Lyons representing the US Naval Attaché
to the UK, and Yuri Fokine the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
Jones also served the Russian navy of Catherine the Great, hence the presence of their ambassador.
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A cynic might say that it was simply to gain publicity for the town's first Maritime Festival. After all, an 'honorary pardon' by the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners probably doesn't carry a lot of legal weight!
– sempaiscuba♦
8 hours ago