We have met the enemy and they are ours. . . . So wrote Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison following his decisive victory over a British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. Perrys victory served as a catalyst both for this battle and for ending hostilities in the Old Northwest Theater of the War of 1812. Captured here in over 200 vintage images from the Monument archives; is a pictorial and technical record of how a monument befitting this naval victory and the resulting peace became a reality.During the remainder of his life; the country heralded Perry as a national hero whose bravery and fortitude enabled the U.S. to win; or gain an honorable peace from; its war with England. A deserving result of this victory was creation of a monument to honor Perry and his men. The story of the construction of the monument is as thrilling as the bravery that inspired it-seen here are the original photographs taken by prominent Put-in-Bay photographer G. Otto Herbster; capturing the builders; architects; mishaps; and triumphs that occurred during the construction of one of Ohios most revered treasures.
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