Lake Erie borders the southeastern tip of ... American military heroics on the lake during the War of 1812 played a key role in shaping the United States — ensuring that the state of Ohio ...

The War of 1812 was the first war the new United States ... In 1813, he was given command of a fleet of ships that was being built on Lake Erie. His task: break the British stranglehold in the ...

The 1825 banquet was laid out on a 170-foot table shaded by a canopy of British flags captured in the Battle of Lake Erie. Lafayette was moved by the accounts of the battle and viewed War of 1812 ...