Oliver Perry Monument - Newport, RI, USA
N 41° 29.399 W 071° 18.855
19T E 306809 N 4595738
The Oliver Perry Monument is in Newport, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WMD6E5
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2011
Views: 9
Part of a Newport, RI Ghost Tour, the Oliver Perry Monument is in Eisenhower Park in Newport, RI, between Washington Square and Touro street. It faces towards Newport Harbor.
The following is from the Wikipedia Page and describes the inscriptions, etc.:
The inscription reads:
(On bronze plinth:)
W. G. Turner sc 1884 Gli Galli fusero
Firenze 1884
(In raised letters, encircled by carved wreath:)
PERRY
(Back of base:)
"WE HAVE MEET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS"
SEPT. 13TH 1813.
signed Founder's mark appears.
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