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GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MEMORIAL PLAQUE

GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: WEST INDIANA AVE AND FORT MEIGS ROAD

City: PERRYSBURG

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 43551

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1908

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WAR OF 1812

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE WEST, SELECTED THIS SITE IN FEBRUARY 1813, AND ON IT ERECTED FORT MEIGS AS A DEFENSE AGAINST THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE BRITISH WITH WHO THE UNITED STATES WAS THEN AT WAR.


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