From the Oct. 5, 2012, Bridgeport (Ct) News.
The official unveiling of a plaque dedicated to this naval officer will be at his boyhood home at 150 Seabright Avenue in Black Rock on Saturday Oct. 13th and the day has been declared to be the "Isaac Chauncey Day" in Bridgeport.
Commodore Chauncey was born in 1772 in Black Rock and was a Great Lakes naval commander during the War of 1812 after also fighting against the Barbary Pirates. He was later President of the Board of U.S. Naval Commissioners from 1837 to his death in 1840.
Never Heard of Him. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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