Excerpt from The Perry Memorial and Centennial Celebration: Under the Auspices of the National Government and the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Minnesota and Indiana The Lawrence, Perry 5 flagship, began to suffer dreadfully under the concentrated tire of the enemy. First one gun and then another was dismounted. The masts were broken. The rigging of the vessel was rent away. The sails were torn to shreds. Soon she yielded no longer to the wind, but lay helpless on the water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial and Centennial Celebration: Report of the Ohio Commission to the Governor of Ohio; February 20, 1916 We deplore, with affectionate remembrance and regret, the death of those of our colleagues who relinquished, withtheir lives, the hope of witnessing the completion of the great Memorial which now overlooks the historic scene of the battle of Lake Erie and the picturesque islands of our inland seas, a mutely magnificent tribute to the patriotism of the American people; but we rejoice that their devotion to this cause has been so nobly vindicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.