Excerpt from The Perry's Victory Memorial, Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, Ohio: Official Souvenir States Government and the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Massachusetts (the states being here mentioned in the order in which their Commissioners were appointed, except Massachusetts, which made no provision for Commissioners) in commemoration of the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his men over the British fleet under-commodore Barclay in the battle of Lake Erie, commonly called Perry's Victory, fought and won September 10, 1813; and in commemoration of the Northwestern Campaign of General William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812 and of the hun dred years of peace ensuing between Great Britain and the United States. In connection with the construction of the Memorial, National and State legislation provided for a Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lake Erie, which was duly observed under the direction of the Inter - State Board of the Perry's Victory Centennial Commission ers. September 9 - 10-11, 1913. These joint enterprises originated in legislation by the State of Ohio, the first Commissioners being ap pointed by that state in 1909. The Memorial, plaza and approaches are constructed in their entirety of pink Milford granite from the quarries at Milford, Massa chusetts. Its geological composition is particularly adapted to the objects of a monument destined to endure through the ages. The color effect is pure white. The foundations of the column and the plaza rest directly on rock. The Memorial stands on the isthmus of South Bass Island, overlooking the waters of Lake Erie and the scene of Perry's Victory off W'est Sister Island. The great Doric column rises 352 feet above the Lake level. It is the highest monu ment in the world, excepting the Washington Monument; the great est battle monument in the world and the most massive column ever attempted by ancients or modems. 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.