From Wikipedia.
** Captain James Lawrence's last words, "Don't Give Up the Ship" has become a rallying cry for the U.S. Navy.
** In September 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry named his flagship the USS Lawrence. At the Battle of Lake Erie, he flew a broad blue flag with the words "Don't Give Up the Ship" on it.
** The USS Lawrence's blood-stained, bullet-riddled flag was sold at auction in 1908 and purchased by William Waldorf Astor (American-born, but moved to Britain). It is now at the Britain's National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, along with her signal book.
--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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