perrys victory centennial?

[matrix master DBA]

Found a flatten wheat cent token today that says Perry's Victory Centennial 1813 - 1913 Lucky Cent. Anyone every heard of this before?

 

[BryanM362]

Found a flatten wheat cent token today that says Perry's Victory Centennial 1813 - 1913 Lucky Cent. Anyone every heard of this before?

Commodore Perry is credited with winning the war of 1812. His fleet defeated the British fleet on Lake Erie. Where did you find it? In Ohio?

 

[matrix master DBA]

Found in a plowed field in southern Indiana. Harrison county.

 

[BryanM362]

Found in a plowed field in southern Indiana. Harrison county.

Perry camped at Put In Bay on Lake Erie. There is a big memorial there. Its a huge tower, kind pf like the Washington monument. They are having a big bicentennial celebration there in Sept.

 

[matrix master DBA]

Thanks for the info Bryan. I'd like to know the story of how it ended up in the field. Will be going back.

 

[RobRieman]

That is cool if it's a 100 year old memorial! Kind of like the ones the crank machines put out today. It would have been an old wheat too.

 

[BryanM362]

Where exactly is Harrison County?

 

[matrix master DBA]

Corydon indiana

 

[matrix master DBA]

Its in the southern part of the state.

 

[c6corvette]

There is also a quarter coming out this year to commemerate perrys victory

 

[PullTabPete]

Perry camped at Put In Bay on Lake Erie. There is a big memorial there. Its a huge tower, kind pf like the Washington monument. They are having a big bicentennial celebration there in Sept.

Ah Put-in-Bay had a few fun times there. The monument is pretty cool, I'm sure the celebration in September will be a good time.

HH,

Pete

 

[Ism]

There are a lot of first hand accounts and history books about the war of 1812 on Google books.
Sadly we could have seen the United states of Canada had American soldiers not pillaged Canadian villages (a violation of orders if I remember) early in the war.
It turned the Canadians against the United States and allied them with the British government which they were not very fond of.
Anyhow, very interesting read. Especially reading accounts from American and British historians as there is little agreement on battle outcomes.

 

[BryanM362]

There are a lot of first hand accounts and history books about the war of 1812 on Google books.
Sadly we could have seen the United states of Canada had American soldiers not pillaged Canadian villages (a violation of orders if I remember) early in the war.
It turned the Canadians against the United States and allied them with the British government which they were not very fond of.
Anyhow, very interesting read. Especially reading accounts from American and British historians as there is little agreement on battle outcomes.

Interesting. I knew the original articles of Confederation had a clause for Canada to join the US.