Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commonly known as Perry's Monument commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near Ohio's South Bass Island, in which American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a United States Navy squadron to victory over a smaller Royal Navy squadron under Robert Heriot Barclay during the War of 1812.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: battle monument in Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Perrys National Monument” and “PEVI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilbraltar Island and Jay Cooke House.
Gilbraltar Island
Islet
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Gibraltar Island is an island in Ohio, located within Lake Erie. This small 6.55-acre island is just offshore of South Bass Island. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. The rocky island is named for its resemblance to the Rock of Gibraltar.
Jay Cooke House
Castle
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The Jay Cooke House, is a historic summer estate house on Gibraltar Island, an island in the Lake Erie community of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, United States. Built in 1865, it was the summer house and a favorite place of financier Jay Cooke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.
Put-in-Bay
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Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.
Middle Bass
Hamlet
Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 2 miles north of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.
Isle Saint George
Hamlet
Isle St. George or Isle Saint George is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on North Bass Island in Lake Erie. Isle Saint George is situated 4½ miles north of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.
Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
- Categories: National Memorial of the United States, column, and lighthouse
- Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
- Chinese: “佩里勝利與國際和平紀念館”
- Czech: “Památník Perryho vítězství a mezinárodního míru”
- French: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
- German: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
- Japanese: “ペリーの勝利と国際平和記念建造物”
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