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Article: BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE COMMEMORATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 15, 2006
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Navy Region Hawaii issued the following news release:
The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) sent its honor guard to Put-in-Bay, Ohio on Sept. 9-10 to participate in the town's annual Historical Weekend. The celebration commemorates the 193rd anniversary of the War of 1812's Battle of Lake Erie, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's nine-ship flotilla defeated Commodore Robert Barclay's British naval forces, securing this strategic body of water for freedom of movement for American forces.
"It means a great deal to the Sailors of USS Lake Erie today to maintain this historical connection," said Capt. Randy Hendrickson, Lake Erie commanding officer, who joined ...