Local Hero Richard Somers: Born In Somers Point, NJ 1778. Died At Age 25 In Tripoli, North Africa, September 4, 1804.
Above: This statue of Richard Somers was placed in a park dedicated to his memory in Somers Point, New Jersey, in 2013. An identical statue stands in Somers, New York, a town named for him shortly after his death in …