John Paul Jones Memorial Honoring Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones (1747-1742), this memorial lies just off the Mall in West Potomac Park. As Captain of the ship <em>Bonhomme Richard</em> during the Battle of Flamborough Head during the Revolutionary War, Jones famously uttered the phrase, "I have not yet begun to fight!" Dedicated in 1912 by President William Howard Taft, the memorial contains a bronze statue of Jones, as well as a carving of Jones raising an American flag of the<em> Bonhomme Richard</em>. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Charles+H.+Niehaus">Charles H. Niehaus</a> <span>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division</span>. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/thc1995010472/PP/">View original</a>. 04/17/1912 (Dedicated) <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890-1919">1890-1919</a>