“We have met the enemy and they are ours…”
Battle of Lake Erie. September 1813. Oliver Hazard Perry, standing. Copy of engraving by Phillibrown after W. H. Powell, published 1858.
An American squadron commanded by Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British naval force 200 years ago in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. The victory secured American control of the lake for the remainder of the War of 1812.
Perry’s Letter to the Secretary of the Navy announcing “A Signal Victory” is on display at the National Archives through September 19. (Ed note: Updated 9/10/2013)
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