• Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

    Perry's Victory & International Peace

    Memorial Ohio

The Monument

Did You Know?

Dean Mosher's Battle of Lake Erie

The United States went to war against Great Britain in an unprepared state. When war was declared on June 18, 1812 the Royal Navy possessed three warships for every U.S. naval gun. The British Navy outnumbered the U.S. Navy 17 to 1.