| 词条 | Oliver Perry Monument |
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|name= Oliver Perry Monument |body= United States |image= |caption= Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry |commemorates= Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry |use_dates= |coordinates= {{Coord|41.48997|-71.31425|type:landmark_region:US-RI|display=inline,title}} |nearest_town= Newport, RI |designer=William Greene Turner |inscription=PERRY |established= |unveiled=September 10, 1885 |total= |unknowns= |commemorated= |by_country= |by_war= |source= }} Oliver Perry Monument is a bronze statue, by William Greene Turner, dedicated to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. It is located in Eisenhower Park in Newport, RI, between Washington Square and Touro street. The statue faces west towards Newport Harbor. The inscription reads: {{poemquote|(On bronze plinth:) W. G. Turner sc 1884 Gli Galli fusero Firenze 1884 (In raised letters, encircled by carved wreath:) (Back of base:) SEPT. 13TH 1813. signed Founder's mark appears.[1]}} The statue was dedicated 10 September 1885, the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie.[2][3] The monument is described as {{quote|Full-length standing portrait of Oliver H. Perry, seen in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, just as he mounted the deck of the {{USS|Niagara|1813|2}}, after the dismantling of his own ship, the {{USS|Lawrence|1813|2}}, and after he rowed across the lake in enemy fire. His proper right arm is extended in a gesture of command; the flag from {{USS|Lawrence|1813|2}} is draped around his proper left arm. At the foot of the monument is a block and coil of rope.|Smithsonian Institution[1]}}References1. ^1 {{cite web| url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=X3195558S7893.113707&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!22281~!7&ri=2&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Oliver+Perry+Monument&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=2#focus| title=Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial Statue, (sculpture)| publisher=Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey| year= 1993| accessdate=October 23, 2011}} 2. ^{{cite news | last = Olshan | first = Matthew | title = A tale of two statues: A reader's story about Newport's Perry monuments prompts an investigation by a Pennsylvania writer | pages =A9 | newspaper = The Newport Daily News | location = Newport, RI | date = 20 August 2009 | url = http://www.newportdailynews.com/ee/newportdailynews/index.php }} 3. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Rhode Island |first1=Nancy |last1=Capace |location=St. Clair Shores, Michigan |page=160; 368 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHPYeCvnASoC&pg=PA368&dq=1761+Milestone&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0ed_U_j3H8XJPITugPAK&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=1761%20Milestone&f=false |isbn=9780403096107|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc |date= May 1, 2001 |accessdate=August 23, 2014}} External links
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