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DAMAGED MONUMENT The monument honouring Commodore Perry in
Ohio shed a 500-pound block of concrete in the summer of 2006.
Ohio shed a 500-pound block of concrete in the summer of 2006.
500-pound piece falls
off Perry's Victory
and International Peace
Monument
PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO - The War of 1812 monument marking Perry's victory
is closed indefinitely after a 500-pound chunk of concrete broke off and fell
on June 22, 2006, leaving a crater in the ground.
The National Park Service is looking at the 352-foot tall monument to
determine whether it is structurally sound, according to an article in the
Toledo Blade.
Andy Ferguson, superintendent of the memorial, said a decision was made
to close the monument until they could figure out whether or not it was
safe for the public. No one was injured by the falling concrete, though it did
startle a woman sitting on a nearby park bench. She described the sound
as "cannon fire."
The memorial gets about 200,000 visitors each year.
Ferguson estimated the cost of replacing the granite section that fell would
be about $4 million US.
About the monument
On Sept. 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated and captured
a British squadron of warships at the Battle of Lake Erie.
The battle, fought during the War of 1812, secured control of Lake Erie for
the United States and enabled General William Henry Harrison to conduct a
successful invasion of Western Upper Canada.
Harrison subsequently defeated the British and Indians at the Thames
River on Oct. 5, 1813. The dual victories of Lake Erie and the Thames
provided an important morale boost to the young country and gave the
United States a much stronger bargaining position at the peace talks.
The Treaty of Ghent, signed on Christmas Eve 1814, ended the War 1812.
However, in 1817 the United States signed the Rush-Bagot Agreement
with Great Britain, a document that has resulted in peaceful relations
between the United States and Canada since the War of 1812.
Constructed between 1912 and 1915 by a commission of nine states and
the federal government, Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
was built not only to commemorate the American naval triumph, but also
"to inculcate the lessons of international peace by arbitration and
disarmament."
On June 2, 1936 the memorial was established as a unit of the National
Park Service by a presidential proclamation of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
off Perry's Victory
and International Peace
Monument
PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO - The War of 1812 monument marking Perry's victory
is closed indefinitely after a 500-pound chunk of concrete broke off and fell
on June 22, 2006, leaving a crater in the ground.
The National Park Service is looking at the 352-foot tall monument to
determine whether it is structurally sound, according to an article in the
Toledo Blade.
Andy Ferguson, superintendent of the memorial, said a decision was made
to close the monument until they could figure out whether or not it was
safe for the public. No one was injured by the falling concrete, though it did
startle a woman sitting on a nearby park bench. She described the sound
as "cannon fire."
The memorial gets about 200,000 visitors each year.
Ferguson estimated the cost of replacing the granite section that fell would
be about $4 million US.
About the monument
On Sept. 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated and captured
a British squadron of warships at the Battle of Lake Erie.
The battle, fought during the War of 1812, secured control of Lake Erie for
the United States and enabled General William Henry Harrison to conduct a
successful invasion of Western Upper Canada.
Harrison subsequently defeated the British and Indians at the Thames
River on Oct. 5, 1813. The dual victories of Lake Erie and the Thames
provided an important morale boost to the young country and gave the
United States a much stronger bargaining position at the peace talks.
The Treaty of Ghent, signed on Christmas Eve 1814, ended the War 1812.
However, in 1817 the United States signed the Rush-Bagot Agreement
with Great Britain, a document that has resulted in peaceful relations
between the United States and Canada since the War of 1812.
Constructed between 1912 and 1915 by a commission of nine states and
the federal government, Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
was built not only to commemorate the American naval triumph, but also
"to inculcate the lessons of international peace by arbitration and
disarmament."
On June 2, 1936 the memorial was established as a unit of the National
Park Service by a presidential proclamation of Franklin D. Roosevelt.