Battle of Lake Erie Stamp Out Today

From the September 9, 2013, WFMT NBC TV.

The U.S. Postal Service issued their second of four stamps commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 today. It is taken from a famous painting of Oliver Hazard Perry's victory done by Ohio artist William Henry Powell.

The first of the four planned stamps came out last year and was of the USS Constitution which defeated five British ships in August 1812. Two more stamps are planned.

This stamp shows Perry in the process of being rowed from his stricken flagship, the USS Lawrence to the USS Niagara.

Today is the bicentennial of the battle. Powell's painting was commissioned by the U.S. Congress in 1865 and after it was finished, was hung in the east stairway of the Senate Wing of the U.S. Capitol. It is believed to be either still there or at the Smithsonian.

--Brock-Perry