From the June 22, 2013, Sanduskey (Ohio) Register by Alissa Widman.
The Lake Erie Islands Historical Society Museum has several exclusive War of 1812 exhibits about the September 10, 1813, naval fight known as the Battle of Lake Erie.
One is a "fire bucket" used by Perry to extinguish small fires. Another is a blue ceramic platter showing Sanduskey's booming shoreline in the 1800s.
There are also objects from the original USS Lawrence, Perry's initial flagship. Put-in-Bay is where Perry waited for the battle and sailed out to engage the British fleet.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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