There’s water, towers, greenery, an island, and even apparently a festival going in the background in this week’s Mystery Photo. Now figure out where this is. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
Joe Hopkins of Norcross was the first to spot last edition’s Mystery Photo. He wrote: “Is this the Perry’s Victory Monument at Put-in-Bay, Ohio?” He’s right. Meanwhile, his up-the-street neighbor, the always reliable Ruthy Lachman Paul, also recognized it, giving us such detail: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, 93 Delaware Ave, Put-In-Bay, Ohio.”
Then Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill wrote: “This is the Perry Victory and International Peace Memorial at Lake Erie.” The photo was sent in by Rick Krause of Lilburn, who provides this information:
“Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near Ohio‘s South Bass Island, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most significant naval battles to occur in the War of 1812. It celebrates the lasting peace between Britain, Canada, and the United States that followed the war.
A 352-foot monument — the world’s most massive Doric column — was constructed in Put-in-Bay, Ohio by a multi-state commission from 1912 to 1915 “to inculcate the lessons of international peace by arbitration and disarmament.” Beneath the stone floor of the monument lie the remains of three American officers and three British officers. It is among the tallest monuments in the United States (only the Gateway Arch, San Jacinto Monument, and Washington Monument are taller).”
LAGNIAPPE‘Tis the season, officially, at historic Gwinnett Courthouse
‘Tis the season, as the giant Christmas tree at the historic Gwinnett Courthouse shows. Meanwhile, the Courthouse’s clock continually tells the time. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp made this nighttime photo of the tree with a Panasonic Lumix KA-1000, on a tripod at F 2.8 with a 10 mm lens.
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