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Article: USS LAKE ERIE HELPS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Navy Region Hawaii issued the following news release:
By Ensign Thomas BuckUSS Lake Erie (CG 70) Public Affairs
For the sixth time in the last seven years, USS Lake Erie (CG 70) traveled to Put-in-Bay, Ohio to participate in festivities surrounding the anniversary of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's 1813 victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.
On Sept. 8-9, dubbed "Historical Weekend" at Put-in-Bay, the nine-Sailor honor guard contingent from Lake Erie connected with the community by performing volunteer work at the local senior center, conducted a flag-raising ceremony, met with Boy Scouts from Ohio and Michigan, and marched in the town's annual Historical Weekend parade.
Each ...