The stillness of the crypt is broken by the voice of a tour guide in Colonial costume. "John Paul Jones was truly a hero," she says. "He never lost a battle—came close, but he never lost." ...

This provision is now known as the foreign emoluments clause. The crypt of John Paul Jones, under the main chapel at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) As Edmund ...