Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
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courtesy of the National Park Service |
Contact Information:
Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
93 Delaware Ave
PO Box 549
Put-in-Bay, OH 43456
419-285-2184
http://www.nps.gov/pevi/
Size: 25 acres
Location: Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial is located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, 3 miles from the Ohio mainland. Ferries operate daily from April-November from Catawba Point (3 miles) and Port Clinton (10 miles), making frequent roundtrips in the summer. There is year-round air service from Port Clinton and Sandusky airports.
Description: Commodore Oliver H. Perry won the greatest naval battle of the War of 1812 on Lake Erie. The memorial -- the world's most massive Doric column -- was constructed "to inculcate the lessons of international peace by arbitration and disarmament." It was designed by Joseph Freedlander.
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Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial courtesy of the National Park Service |
History: Established on June 2, 1936, as a national monument; redesignated on October 26, 1972.
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