Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial-- Part 3

The monument was dedicated July 31, 1931.

In 2004, $2.4 million was spent on a new visitor center.  The monument receives some 200,000 visitors a year, despite the fact that it is on an island.

It was featured on a 2013 U.S. quarter, along with Oliver Hazard Perry.

It was closed most of the summer of 2006 after a 500 pound piece of granite broke off the southeast corner of the observation deck.  In 2009 it was closed for repairs and reopened in 2013.

More recently, it was closed in the summer of 2017 for repairs and cleaning.

Story of a Monument.  --Brock-Perry