Don't Give Up the Ship

In the summer of 1813, at the home of Thomas Steuart on this site, a group of Erie women led by Margaret Forster Steuart made Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's famous battle flag, inspired by the dying words of his friend, Captain James Lawrence of the frigate Chesapeake. The 9x9 foot flag later flew from Perry's flagships, Lawrence and Niagara, in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, and is on display today at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Erie, Pennsylvania · United States